OUTLINE Introduction Cultural Diversity 1. Defining Diversity and Its Values 2. Diversity and Globalization Employee Resource Groups at Ford Ford Diversity in the Marketplace Ford Dealers & Suppliers Conclusion .INTRODUCTION The rise of multinational companies and increased global diversification by even small companies has resulted in people of diverse backgrounds and cultures working together in the same office or for the same organization. Conflict in such situations
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Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company‚ but he was much more than a car manufacturer. He was a famous and popular role-model in business‚ a mechanical genius‚ one of the pioneers of mass production and he single-handedly started the enormous growth in car ownership. Ford’s ideas about mass production were copied across all of the USA‚ and this changed the face of American industry. He was the first person to develop the techniques of assembly-line production using conveyer belts
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the sounds of horses and carriages were starting to be replaced by the sounds of engines and locomotive whistles. Although automobiles had existed prior to the 1890s‚ it was the involvement and streamlining of these machines done by people like Henry Ford that revolutionized its place in Detroit. Specifically‚ Ford’s assembly line was what made this change. His concept of “placing workers along a conveyor belt‚ where each would do the same task for the entire shift” was an unseen method of production
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Strategic Plan Alignment: Ford Motor CompanyStrategic Plan: Ford Motor Co. Executive SummaryFord Motor Company (Ford) has been a leader in the auto industry‚ however‚ over the past few decades has continued to lose market share to foreign competition. The current weak U.S. economy combined with rising fuel prices and increased political pressures regarding global warming‚ presents several challenges to Ford Co. and the entire auto industry as we can see in appendix "A". These current challenges
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hand-built. This changed‚ however‚ when an eager young man named Henry Ford invented something that significantly altered production movement and manufacturing. During the 1890s‚ factories were loud‚ crowded‚ and bustling. They had an order to them‚ however‚ something was missing. The creation of the assembly line would change both how things were made‚ and the amount of time it took to produce items. Using interchangeable parts‚ Ford was able to perfect the assembly line‚ and forever change how automobiles
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Roles of Key Players One of the biggest roles is the board of directors or executive level management. Lee Iacocca the creator of the Ford Mustang had a very high reputation in which he outperformed his workers and his rival the President Semon “Bunky” Knudsen. The story of 1968 in which the German and the Japanese outperformed any other nation in making small compact cars. Lee Iacocca suggested to build a small compact car in which would outperform and be the competitor of the Germans’ compact
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Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. 170 N.W. 668 The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that was incorporated on June 16‚ 1903 by Henry Ford. In today’s world Ford is the second largest automaker in the U.S. and the fifth-largest in the world based on annual vehicle sales in 2010. Henry Ford became famous for his methods of large scale manufacturing‚ management and the use of the assembly lines in his factories. Another very important event in the history of Ford Motor Company‚ and
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Model T Article (from 1900’s point of view) Henry Ford’s Ford Motor Company produced the ‘Tin Lizzie’ or ‘Model T’ in September 1908. Compared to Ford’s previous models‚ Model T is by far the most popular and successful of all Ford car models. Even now‚ nineteen years after it was first produced in 1908‚ Model T’s are still a favorite amongst consumers. Not only is this model the finest of all Ford’s models‚ it is also one of the best models compared to all other car models
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Ford Motor Company Supply Chain Strategy Case Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As director of Supply Chain Systems‚ I have decided to implement portions of the new supply chain strategy of Virtual Integration and strategies from companies like Dell. Although there are several key differences between the companies‚ Dell’s virtual integration strategy can be applied to Ford’s supply chain operation. A modification of the virtual integration system currently used by Dell could be applied to Ford’s dependent
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Henry Ford made many contributions to the American economy during the 1920’s. He was a very skilled and intelligent man at that. Henry was born into an Irish immigrant family on a farm in Wayne County‚ Michigan. He became Chief engineer of the Edison Company in Detroit during 1888. In 199 he organized that Detroit auto mobile and in 1903 he introduced the ford motor company model T manufactured in 1908. He was believed to sponsor the development of the moving assembly line in 1914. Henry Ford made
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