Henry Ford and Fordism

Henry Ford is the first people who used assembly line in mass production and also founder of Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford created a new trend “Fordism” in the world with his contributions to industry. Henry Ford tried many times to produce his automobile and finally he reaches his aim and produce Model-T cars. Although Model-T cars are not easy drivable, they are not expensive to repair. Model-T car is milestone for Ford’s carrier and also for history of industry.

In the mid of 1920, Henry Ford faced many problems. Therefore, he decided to new car and created Model-A cars. After this, Company decided to change their models regularly. Today, companies use this method.

Henry Ford was a pioneer of "welfare capitalism” designed to improve the lot of his workers and especially to reduce the heavy turnover that had many departments hiring 300 men per year to fill 100 slots. Efficiency meant hiring and keeping the best workers. One of the most controversial issues about Ford was his incursion into his employees' private lives and another was his being against labor unions. He thought most of the members of these unions slow down the production to foster employement; however this action is directly restricting the economy itself. He also hired Harry Benett to avoid union actions and applied a lot of tactics to stop them.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford