Project Gutenberg 2005-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 615 Ford, Henry 1863 1947 Crowther, Samuel 1880 1947 Crowther, S. (Samuel) My Life and Work Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Introduction: What is the idea? -- The beginning of business -- What I learned about business -- Starting the real business -- The secret of manufacturing and serving -- Getting into production -- Machines and men -- The terror of the machine -- Wages -- Why not always have good business? -- How cheaply can things be made? -- Money and goods -- Money: master or servant? -- Why be poor? -- The tractor and power farming -- Why charity? -- The railroads -- Things in general -- Democracy and industry -- What we may expect. Produced by Marvin Hodges, Tom Allen, Tonya Allen, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks, and the DP Team "My Life and Work" by Henry Ford is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The text provides insights into Ford's life, his philosophical approaches to business, manufacturing, and the transformative impact of the automobile on society. It serves as a reflection on his experiences and the principles that guided the operations of Ford Motor Company. The opening of the work introduces the reader to Ford’s foundational beliefs regarding work and service as central to a successful life and business. He emphasizes the value of hard work and intelligent planning, critiquing the then-prevailing attitudes towards finance and profit-driven approaches that neglected genuine customer satisfaction. Ford recounts his early fascination with machinery and mechanics, sharing anecdotes from his childhood and early career that led to the development of his automobiles. This segment highlights his desire to innovate and improve production processes, setting the stage for his later successes in the automotive industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Industrialists -- United States -- Biography Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Ford Motor Company -- History Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History Automobiles -- History Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography HD Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: History - American 581503 581374 2024-10-03T12:36:50.430218 2023-10-04T03:32:45.355221 text/html text/html 581496 581367 2024-10-03T12:36:50.705977 2023-10-04T03:32:45.546204 text/html text/html 290253 2024-10-03T12:36:59.265902 application/epub+zip 297796 2024-10-03T12:36:53.851078 application/epub+zip 281439 2024-10-03T12:36:52.608962 application/epub+zip 476223 2024-10-03T12:37:03.870098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444034 2024-10-03T12:36:58.483889 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422024 2022-09-04T05:05:16.700096 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 551162 551084 2024-10-03T12:36:50.011927 2023-10-04T03:32:44.974212 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 546253 2020-12-30T09:41:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 201242 2020-12-30T09:41:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21432 2024-10-03T12:37:04.013856 application/rdf+xml 10203 2024-10-03T12:36:53.134934 image/jpeg 2654 2024-10-03T12:36:52.871925 image/jpeg 287043 2024-10-03T12:36:50.756936 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia