A success story

A success storyBy Brbara Tabelini Domingues

PlanningGeneralEarly lifeThe engineerInnovatorAdditional Interests and ActivitiesConclusionGeneral American industrialist, assembly line technique of mass production.

First automobile that many American middle class could afford.

Model T automobile

Fordism

Consumerism as the key to peace

Compromise to reduce costs

Early life Michigan on July 30, 1863 Water wheels and steam engines. Fix watches. Mechanical ability, a facility for leadership, and a preference for learning by trial-and-error. In 1879 he left the farm.The engineer In 1882, occasionally worked in factories in Detroit. In, 1896, Quadricycle. The ability to articulate a vision and convince other people to sign on and help him achieve that vision Ford Motor Company.

Innovator Ford had a bigger vision: a better, cheaper motorcar for the great multitude. The Model T was easy to operate, maintain, and handle on rough roads $5 per day

Additional Interests and Activities Conclusion Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. He didnt even invent the assembly line. But more than any other single individual, he was responsible for transforming the automobile from an invention of unknown utility into an innovation that profoundly shaped the 20th century and continues to affect our lives today. Innovators change things. They take new ideas, sometimes their own, sometimes other peoples, and develop and promote those ideas until they become an accepted part of daily life. Innovation requires self-confidence, a taste for taking risks, leadership ability and a vision of what the future should be. Henry Ford had all these characteristics, but it took him many years to develop all of them fully. So, give yourself TIME!

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