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100 1 _aFord, Henry,
_d1863-1947
245 1 0 _aMy Life and Work
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-01-01
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
508 _aProduced by Marvin Hodges, Tom Allen, Tonya Allen, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks, and the DP Team
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aIndustrialists -- United States -- Biography
653 _aFord, Henry, 1863-1947
653 _aFord Motor Company -- History
653 _aAutomobile industry and trade -- United States -- History
653 _aAutomobiles -- History
653 _aBusinesspeople -- United States -- Biography
700 1 _aCrowther, Samuel,
_d1880-1947
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
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