The Ford Motor Company

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This paper explores the leadership capabilities of Henry Ford, creator of the Ford Motor Company. The author gives a corporate and organizational history of the company and discusses the company's culture as a result of Ford's influence and includes comments of leadership theories.

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"As the twentieth century drew to an end, Time magazine named the Model T the "automobile that defined the twentieth century from start to finish". Henry Ford's Model T mass production methods, and wage price theories revolutionized American industry. He was extraordinarily influential and respected because he made a product that met a public need. Ford had an immeasurable impact on American life. "When he got his Model T rolling in 1908, the horse disappeared so fast that the conversion of acreage from hay to other crops is said to have caused an agricultural revolution". By the 1920's, it was rarely possible to find a farm where a horse did most of the hauling and plowing. Ford was the most influential force in putting North America on wheels."

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