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Successes and Failures of the Ford Motor Company, 2002.
A paper which assesses the reasons for the successes and failures of the Ford Motor Company, according to Collins and Porras? text "12 Myths of Successful Businesses" in their book on the subject.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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According to the book "Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James Collins and Jerry Porras", the Ford Motor Company is one of the paradigmatic examples of successful enterprise in the American automobile industry. Like the image it has projected of its automobiles, the firm itself is a model of durability and consistency. This paper examines the reasons for the successes and some of the failures of the company according to the principles outlined in Collins and Porras? text, what they call their "12 Myths of Successful Businesses", that are outlined and exploded over the course of the book?s analysis.
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"Ford Motors company has produced products that have changed not only the automobile industry but American corporate and popular culture as a whole, including such models as the Model T of the first half of the 20th century and later the Mustang. (Collins and Porras pp. 2-4) ?Innovate, Motivate, Lead,? proclaims the corporate slogan of Ford upon its 100th anniversary as a company. The company pioneered the ?assembly line? system of automobile manufacturing. In this system, the parts and vehicles themselves moved rather the individuals doing the manufacturing. This system enabled the company to manufacture the first automobile, known as the Model T, which was affordable and accessible on a mass scale to ordinary American families."
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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, 2005.
Detailed product specifications for a new Ford Motor Company product, developed in conjunction with Midland fuel.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper examines a plan of action for the successful launch of a new product, by Ford Motor Company, developed in conjunction with the Midland fuel company. The paper details step by step instructions to gauge an accurate level of success or failure, so that modifications can be made to the plan.
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"In order to combat the ever-increasing fuel costs, Ford Motor Company is joining with Midland fuel to launch a new and more efficient biodiesel fuel product. Due to fuel shortages and increases in price, consumers have been aggressively seeking alternative modes of transportation. For many consumers the answer to their fuel cost dilemmas are to simply trade in their normal gas powered vehicle for one that is both battery and gas powered, better known as a hybrid vehicle. However depending on your plan and use of your vehicle, will depend on whether a hybrid is the right vehicle for you. Knowing this Ford wanted to develop an alternative for those individuals who needed a more rugged and heavy duty vehicle that could not be attained or supported by the hybrid engine (Peter, 2004, p. 4)."
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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.
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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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The Ford Motor Company, 2002.
An examination of the future of the Ford Motor Company.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper will discuss the forecasts, the body of, and the economic situation for the Ford Motor Company. By understanding these implications, which will be gathered from various sources of information on the company, we can see the whole outlook of this company in the coming months ahead. By realizing the nature of the company in its history, we can make an assessment of the companies growth with the future that it contends to hold within the employment scales of the company. By giving the statistics of the company in its possible growth contention, we can make a verifiable examination of this company for its future by its past. By realizing that the company will eventually lay off its American workers, we can see how the trend to use NAFTA, the September 11th bombings, and other economic factors is the reason why they will, in the future, take their business elsewhere in the world.
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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, 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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The Ford Motor Company: Change Management, 2002.
This paper analyzes the future of management at the Ford Motor Company.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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Using the Ford Motor Company as an example, this paper looks at the concept of management of change and the future. It studies the current management trend that will shape Ford, manufacturing trends and globalization. It concludes by making proposals for the company's future.
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"Perhaps the most catastrophic incident in the life of the Ford Motor Company has been the bad publicity of Firestone fiasco. As a result of the discrepancies of claims, the poor quality of the products as well as the neglect of management at all levels, the company had to recall thousands of units. This is not mention the scandal that resulted in loss. According to one author, while the company had been busy promoting, there was no one who would take care of the product."
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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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Bridgestone/Firestone Tires and the Ford Motor Company, 2002.
This paper is written in the form of a letter to the Customer Safety Advocates in Chicago about the issue of Bridgestone/Firestone tires and the Ford Motor Company.
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses the recall of Firestone Tires in the U.S. and the relative complicity of Firestone, the Ford Motor Company and consumers. The paper states that the fatal accidents and critical injuries involving Firestone tires on Ford vehicles resulted primarily from Firestones' lack of action because Firestone was well aware of problems with their tires on Ford Explorers and chose instead to blame alternately Ford and consumers for the tires defects.
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"The recall of Firestone tires in the United States began on August 9, 2002 when Ford and Firestone announced the recall of 6.5 million tires. The total cost of replacement ranged from $500 million to 4.4 billion. The recall focused on both original and replacement tires, and only included two types of tires, installed on specific light trucks and SUVs."
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