My Life and Work - An Autobiography of Henry Ford

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 338 EAN: 9780979311987 ISBN: 0979311985 Label: www.therichestmaninbabylon.org Manufacturer: www.therichestmaninbabylon.org Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 188 Publication Date: 2008-04-15 Publisher: www.therichestmaninbabylon.org Studio: www.therichestmaninbabylon.org
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Editorial Reviews: This book is the original autobiographical work by Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. In this book, Ford details how he got into business, the strategies that he used to become a wealthy and successful businessman, and what others can do by learning from the examples he has outlined. This book should be read by small business owners, business students and those interested in the history of the automobile. Henry Ford will take you through a journey of history, business and lessons to be learned from which he used to develop his financial empire.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Too bad present day Ford Motor Company doesn't listen!!! Comment: The man who put the world on wheels. Not much more you can say than that. Although with the current financial crisis, getting back to Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Transportation wouldn't be such a bad idea after all. Customer Rating: Summary: Management Classics Comment: Henry Ford is the classical writer on management. He stands on a same line with Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli, Robert Owen, Frederick Taylor and Henri Fayol. This is the foundation of all the management literature, and every modern manager should be aware with the works of the authors above mentioned. In the book "My Life and Work", Henry Ford presents his view on different things: management philosophy, social life, human abilities and capabilities, the role of the bankers in the production, good debt and bad debt, the labor and the speculation, the roots of poverty and the ways to solve it, the role of the government, and other important topics. You will also find an autobiography in this book, but there is a lot of things that Henry Ford avoids in this book, e.g. how did he took the controlling stake in the Ford Motor Company. He didn't write in the book that he have started another company, Henry Ford and Son, and made a show of taking himself and his best employees to the new company; the goal was to scare the remaining holdout stockholders of the Ford Motor Company to sell their stakes to him before they lost most of their value. The ruse worked, and Henry and his son purchased all remaining stock from the other investors, thus giving the family sole ownership of the company. Customer Rating: Summary: My Life and Work by Henry Ford Comment: A great insight into Henry Fords' way of doing business. Of course hindsight is 20-20 and Ford tells of his secrets to success with the Model T. A good reference for the automotive historian or budding entrepeneur. Customer Rating: Summary: The best business book ever written Comment: Anyone who has read "My Life and Work" will understand exactly what is wrong with our country today. There are three ways to create wealth--grow it, mine it, or make it--and activities like flipping houses or trading carbon credits do not qualify. Ford developed what is now known as the Toyota production system, and readers will see a very explicit description of just in time manufacturing (and its benefits) in "My Life and Work." Ford also summarized effective labor relations in one sentence: "It ought to be the employer's ambition, as leader, to pay better wages than any similar line of business, and it ought to be the workman's ambition to make this possible." Customer Rating: Summary: Awesome Dude. Comment: I'll just say this about Ford. He was absolutely the greatest industrial mind off ALL TIMES. More Reviews