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Ford Motor Corporation, 2006.
An extensive discussion on the reasons for the Ford Motor Corporation's success.
2,762 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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The paper offers a brief history and overview of the Ford Motor Corporation and mainly assesses and analyzes the reasons for its continuing success. It expands on the the training needs of Ford and discusses management's unique online training and development scheme. Also included are graph and schematic representations of programs and training.
Introduction
Ford Motor Company - Overview
Training and Development
Needs Assessment:
Organizational Analysis
Task Analysis
Analysis of the Data Collected and Identification of Training Needs
Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Measurement of Training Impact
Summary
Works Cited
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"Developmental strategy as part of this investigative segment will be inclusive of Training Sessions, Traditional Classrooms, Simulations, Self-managed strategies, Opportunity to Perform, Career Management Systems, Self-Assessment Programs, Mentoring Systems, Action Planning, Organizational Development Intervention Activities (i.e. Team-building, Inter-group activities, survey feedback activities, educational and training activities, structural activities, process consultation, Blake-Mouton Grid Activities, Third Part Peacemaking, Coaching and counseling, career planning, Goal Setting, System Redesign (i.e. Search conferences, confrontation meetings, ad strategic planning meetings."
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Corporate Code of Conduct -- "Ford Motor Co.", 2002.
Assumes the role of Corporate Ethics Officer for Ford Motor Company and revises their existing corporate code of conduct, addressing major concerns the company has faced in the recent past.
2,226 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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The paper discusses Ford's current ethical risk environment, the change in business climate, SUV safety, the Firestone tire issue, employee rights and practices and driver education. It then goes on to structure and implement a revised corporate ethics program, define what it hopes to achieve and how it will measure success. It concludes with a discussion entitled "Learning From Our Mistakes: Correcting Past Failures".
Table Of Contents
Introduction
Our Ethical Risk Environment
A Change of Climate
Human Rights
Firestone
SUV Safety
Driver Education
Our Corporate Ethics Program
Structure
Implementation
What We Hope To Achieve
How We?ll Measure Our Success
Learning From Our Mistakes: Correcting Past Failures
Bibliography
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"Through our partnership with Firestone we learned many lessons. Together, we gained valuable insight into the importance of ensuring the quality of the products we make. Important as these evolving notions of corporate citizenship are, they build on what we consider to be the most basic element of citizenship: assuring the safety of those who trust us enough to drive our cars and trucks. Our customers have the same basic understanding: they always have expected us to make safe products and to take action when we discover a safety defect. We?ve learned that we must seek out new ways to review our suppliers' design and manufacturing processes. In the future, we plan to take a more active role in obtaining and analyzing data maintained by our suppliers concerning the performance of components used in our vehicles."
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The Ford Motor Company, 2008.
A discussion and financial evaluation of the Ford Motor Company.
1,266 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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The paper describes the establishment of the Ford Motor Company and their innovative development of a moving assembly line. The paper looks at how Ford prospered when it became a publicly traded company in 1956 and then provides an analysis of the company's financial strength today. The paper concludes with professional and personal recommendations regarding investments in the Ford Motor Company.
Outline:
Establishment of Ford Motor Company
Ford as a Publicly Traded Global Company
Current Business Interest
Financial Analysis
Profitability
Liquidity
Investment Recommendations
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"Ford Motor Company was first established in 1903 when Henry Ford and eleven investors agreed to become an incorporated business. Henry Ford's goal in establishing the company was to produce an affordable line of vehicles for mass marketing. Ford became an industrial giant with the production and sale of the Model T. Over 15 million Model T's were introduced to the American public (Ford, n.d.). In 1925, Ford expanded into the luxury line of automobiles when it acquired the Lincoln Motor Company. Mid-priced cars fulfilled ford's major product lines in the 1930's when the Mercury division was created."
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Ford Motor Company, 2005.
An analysis of the Ford Motor Company from a potential investor's point of view.
3,521 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 98.95
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This paper is a security analysis project designed to apply the various techniques of evaluating the desirability of a firm's common stock. The project demonstrates a familiarization with the tools and techniques of using financial information pertinent to a security?s valuation. The report encompasses readily available data to implement the various techniques of the analysis. The report focuses on the Ford Motor Company and its resurgence in the highly competitive automobile manufacturing industry. Trends in the automobile industry have forced companies such as the Ford Motor Company to completely reevaluate the way they have and will do things. The process of manufacturing automobiles has become a global business that is driven by cheap labor and new emerging markets in developing countries. The Ford Motor Company has had to reinvent its business and marketing strategy so as to grow and prosper in the 21st century and beyond. This report evaluates the industry, economic and market trends, and the company itself to demonstrate whether or not it seems as though it is a viable investment for investors.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Economic and Market Analysis
Industry Analysis
Company Analysis
Qualitative Factors
Valuation
Charts
Recommendations
References
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"Although the media has been touting an economic recovery of the United States economic spectrum, there are dome ghosts in the closet. One potentially troubling sign for the economy and the market revolves around the Bush administration?s announcement that they will require the debt ceiling to be raised in order to meet future government financial obligations. The current governmental debt ceiling is just over seven trillion dollars and that was reached around October of this year. Obviously this type of information was squelched during the recent Presidential elections for fear of alienating voters. The request to raise the debt ceiling is obviously a repercussion of the record budget deficits caused by natural disaster, the War in Iraq and recent tax changes."
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A Critique of The Ford Motor Company, 2006.
An argumentative essay on the Ford Motor Company and utilitarianism, using excerpts from John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty".
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper describes Ford Motor Company as following a utilitarian doctrine. The writer proposes that the case study, of Ford Motor Company's manufacturing a Pinto vehicle without a safety device, clearly exemplifies some of chief moral objections to the doctrine of utilitarianism. The writer examines the moral implications of this doctrine through John Stuart Mill's work, "On Liberty". The writer concludes that Ford's negligence exposed consumers to a series of harms that were just as threatening to those consumers' liberties as the infringement of a sovereign or a majority's will upon the rights of an individual.
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"Mill even warns of a tyranny of the majority that must not be allowed to go unchecked. Thus, even if Ford as a company is to be equated with the majority that still does not excuse the company's heedless actions. "Apart from the peculiar tenets of individual thinkers, there is also in the world at large an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers of society over the individual, both by the force of opinion and even by that of legislation: and as the tendency of all the changes taking place in the world is to strengthen society, and diminish the power of the individual, this encroachment is not one of the evils which tend spontaneously to disappear, but, on the contrary, to grow more and more formidable." "
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Ford Motor Company: Risk Assessment, 2007.
This paper discusses risk assessment for the Ford Motor Company.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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In this paper, the writer explains that given the highly confidential nature of the content management, pricing, product, service and distribution data delivered to Ford Motor Company locations and the applications for order status, online ordering and quoting being central to the structure of the company, there are many business and security risks of propagating these tools to their dealers. The writer notes that security risks, internal risks of embezzlement and fraud, risks of valuable pricing and volume data being comprised, and the risks of a natural disaster all must specifically be planned for in any risk assessment. The writer concludes that managing risk by focusing on the value of assets and the need to protect core intellectual properties is a core requirement for Ford going forward.
Outline:
Ford Motor Company Risk Assessment
Ford's Need For A Risk Management Plan
References
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"First with security risks the impact could be in the range of between $20M to $100M per dealer being fired, as this is the typical dealer backlog in each region. Coupling this with the risks of embezzled and misdirected funds due to lower morale, and the costs could easily go into the hundreds of millions of dollars. The risks of firing dealers and have them sell their pipelines to competing dealers or take the pipeline and redirect them to new car models is significant."
"Take just fleet sales for example. This could be a major risk of redirected sales pipelines and "sold" pipeline lines to other dealers that for a large dealer in a major metro market say for example Los Angeles, could amount to over 50,000 vehicles a year."
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Ford Motor Company, 2004.
An analysis of the human resources department of the Ford Motor Company.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper analyzes the Ford Motor Company and its human resource related processes. The paper explains that globalization has ensured that more and more organizations have been forced to address not only immediate manufacturing strategies but also the entire process of managing their human resources in a more global manner. The paper contends that the human aspects of business today require an all new strategic approach so companies must search for viable opportunities that reduce overhead and still allow them to maintain profitability and market share. The paper admits that many things have changed in the corporate world and provides an analysis of the Ford Motor Company in an effort to illustrate this change.
Outline
Introduction
Brief History
Ford & the Industry
Major HR Issues
Hiring Procedures
Other Issues
Conclusion
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"From the beginning, the Ford Motor Company was an organization that displayed very consistent growth and a sense of longevity. This can be demonstrated by the company's consistent industry ranking at or near the top of the game. This is also in spite of the fact that the automobile industry has been one of the more highly competitive industries throughout the entire industrialized age. The company was considered to have been an excellent employer from the very start. In 1903, Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company with his personal invention called the Quadricycle. The Quadricycle was essentially a motorized four wheel buggy in a time when there were many inventors also creating their own versions of horseless carriages. This Human Resource philosophy was a very big part of the company's more than obvious success. Henry Ford was instrumental in establishing his company's hiring and human resource practices from the start. He was known to have been a meticulous boss who hired only the best and the brightest engineers and thinkers of the period and he treating them well."
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Diversity in PepsiCo and Ford Motor Company, 2006.
An analysis of diversity in the PepsiCo and the Ford Motor Company.
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses diversity in America. The paper provides an analysis, specifically, of diversity and the initiatives in support of it in PepsiCo and Ford Motor Company. It discusses how these companies provide programs that facilitate such diversity, and are illustrative of how such initiatives can produce a win-win result for everyone involved.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Diversity at PepsiCo
Diversity at Ford Motor Company
Conclusion
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"Just a few years ago, though, PepsiCo was much like other U.S. companies in that the company's senior executive team was not very diverse; at one point, in fact, PepsiCo was recruiting from a pool of only 34 percent of the U.S. population. According to Reinemund, this lack of diversity within the organization constrained the company's ability to achieve its goals in some market segments and may have represented lost talent that could not be otherwise replicated. "While we did a pretty good job of attracting qualified people, we were limiting ourselves to a small portion of the available talent."
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Ford Motor Company, 2002.
A research paper on the Ford Motor company.
1,048 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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A review of the Ford Motor company which since its beginning, has produced some 270 million cars, or enough to put every person in the U.S. behind the wheel of a Ford. The list of Ford?s accomplishments is satisfactory. It is the world's largest truck maker and lags behind General Motors as the largest manufacturer in the world. This paper looks at Ford's merger strategy and current business outlook.
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"This automotive juggernaut got its start in 1908 when Henry Ford built his Model T on a moving assembly line that revolutionized both car making and manufacturing. In fact, by 1920 some 60% of all vehicles on the road were Fords. In 1922, Ford bought Lincoln, and in 1938, the company introduced the Mercury. However, by this time the company had lost market share to GM and Chrysler."
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The Ford Motor Company, 2002.
This paper discusses the experience of the Ford Motor Company with quality and customer satisfaction strategies.
2,895 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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This paper identifies, using an oligopoly model, the ways in which a firm
committed to quality, such as the Ford Motor Company, can simultaneously experience difficulties in maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction. This paper explains that Ford and the other members of the "Big Three" in the automotive industry turned to quality and customer satisfaction programs such as TQM and CQI because Japanese automakers accentuated quality and captured a significant share of the U.S. market during a recessionary cycle. The author points out that while owner loyalty, as determined by the Polk survey, placed Ford well ahead of its competition, its poor service performance represented a major concern for the company because warranty costs are post-production costs that added significantly to the bottom line and reduced profitability.
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"By the late 1980s, Ford was prospering; corporate executives were investing profits in diversified businesses and creating new partnerships with suppliers. Customer satisfaction was understood as directly linked to quality improvements. "Zero defects," the Deming watchword, became Ford's corporate goal and mission. Ford began to see itself as a learning organization and positioned itself in the market as an enterprise that had operationalized an ongoing transformation from an economic model to a TQM model. Stakeholders at Ford were redefined to include not merely stockholders, but customers - actual and potential - and customer satisfaction became a tacit component of "Job 1.""
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Ford Motor Company Campaign for 2002, 2001.
A suggested marketing campaign for Ford Motor Company for 2002 with a new angle and focus.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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In this paper, the writer explores a new marketing strategy for the Ford Motor Company for the year 2002. The writer plans to market the car as the "All American Car" and focus on the family while bringing in angles of family and social values. The catch phrase being "Ford is America" is used and a marketing strategy is presented.
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"But there are regions Ford doesn't appear favorably, especially the developing nations of Central Europe, Africa, or Asia. What people want the world 'round in a car is the same: a long-term, reliable vehicle at a low price that's fuel efficient with outstanding safety, and stylish. Americans will own several cars in their lifetime. My target in the domestic promotional campaign is to make those automobiles Fords, whether it's their first car, a new car for an expanding family, or a car in for the retirement years. My campaign proposal is designed to strike various sectors of the public. To accomplish that, I am proposing a product identification campaign, using situations or settings that reflect the US domestic market with individuals who appreciate driving Ford motor vehicles. It has to be an all-encompassing spectrum of the societal fabric of America."
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The Ford Motor Company, 2002.
An analysis of the financial performance of the Ford Motor Company in 2001.
895 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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The paper discusses the Ford Motor Company. It describes its holdings and its competition, details its financial results for the fiscal year 2001 and suggests reasons why sales were up yet profit remained constant. The paper explains how Ford is sensitive to trends in the economy and explains its financial results in context to the general state of the economy. It presents several strategies that Ford has adopted to regain its former market position.
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"Poor company strategies in the fiscal year 2001 gave Ford?s competitors an advantage over them. For the first time in ten years Ford posted a loss. Chairman Bill Ford blames the drop in profits on difficult financial conditions. Ford had to replace faulty tires on some of their vehicles and this took a tremendous toll on profit margins."
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The Ford Motor Company, 2006.
A sample marketing plan for the Ford Motor Company.
3,144 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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This paper analyzes the Ford Motor Company. It includes a SWOT analysis, focusing on Ford's strength in fuel-efficiency. It moves on to an in-depth look into Ford's target markets. The paper deals with the 'millennial generation', ages 16 to 24, one of the biggest growth sections of the automotive business. It provides an analysis of the advertising methods used by Ford, and a schedule of their upcoming products.
Table of Contents:
I) Marketing Objectives
a) Environmental Analysis
b) SWOT analysis
c) The Firm's Overall Corporate Objectives
d) The Organization's Resources
II) Marketing Strategies
a) Target Market 1
b) Target Market 2
c) Target Market 3
d) Target Market 4
III) Marketing Mix
IV) Marketing Implementation
a) Marketing Organization
b) Activities, Responsibility, and Timetable for Completion
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"Making a debut with Model T in 1908, Ford went on to manufacture 15 million Model T's and in 1925 it acquired Lincoln Motors thereby diversifying in luxury cars and during the 1930s, the Mercury division was created to found a division focused on mid-priced cars. The 1950s saw the arrival of the Thunderbird and the 1960s saw the global expansion of Ford in Europe in 1967. Today Ford is a formidable name in the world of automobiles with enviable brands like Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin and Volvo."
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The Ford Motor Company, 2004.
This paper is an overview of the Ford Motor Company.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper describes the business description focusing on its primary products and services and the history of the origin of Ford Motor Company. The author explains both internal and external environmental considerations pertinent to the decision making processes of the company and reviews the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) to Ford. The paper describes strategic decisions the company has formulated during its development and growth and the impact of these decisions.
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"The worldwide automotive industry including that portion controlled by Ford Motor Company is affected by a number of factors over which Ford Motor Company has little control including general economic conditions worldwide. In the United States, the automotive industry is a highly competitive and cyclical business in which there are a wide variety of product offerings. The number of cars and trucks sold known as industry demand can vary substantially from year to year. In addition to general economic conditions, factors influencing industry demand include the ..."
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The Ford Motor Company, 2003.
An overview of the Ford Motor Company's (FMC) rich history and successful strategies.
2,360 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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This paper highlights the Ford Motor Company (FMC), one of the worlds most recognized corporations. It discusses the company's rich history and offer specifics as to why it was chosen for this study. It also includes a brief description of the firm's background and history, its size, the CEO, its ranking within the industry, stock price and performance, and concludes with a discussion of the firm's strategic issues, its mission, vision and value statements. The paper also drafts a credo for FMC which charts the strategic thinking that the author feels the company should move toward.
Outline:
Summary
Purpose
Background
Key Issues
Ford Mission Statement
Vision
Value Statements
Credo
Long Term Goals
Conclusion
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"FMC has positioned itself globally with two-core businesses, automotive and financial. We will focus on the automotive leg of business, which accounts for a significant portion of their total revenue. Ford Motor Company is a leader in the automotive industry; their innovative ideas and processes help mold the automotive and manufacturing industry as a whole. FMC presents a unique picture of evolution over the last century and several factors influenced our decision to select them for our strategic planning project... First, we all agree that they market a quality product. Beyond that, we were impressed with the vision, mission, and values of the company. Their credo is "they do the right thing for their customers, their people, the environment and society" (www.ford.com). "
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