Author: Henry Ford
Originally published in 1926, this autobiography was long out of print. Yet Ford's ideas have never stopped having an impact, and this book provides direct access to the thinking that changed industry forever. Here is the man who doubled wages, cut the price of a car in half, and produced over 2 million units a year. Time has not diminished the progressiveness of his business philosophy, or his profound influence on worldwide industry. Chapters: Born into opportunity; Is there a limit to big business?; Big Business and the money power; Are profits wrong?; Learning by necessity; What are standards?; Learning from waste; Reaching back to the sources; The meaning of time; Saving the timber; Turning back to village industry; The wage, hours, and the wage motive; The meaning of power; Educating for life; Curing or preventing; Making a railroad pay; The air; Farm problems are farm problems; Finding the balance in life; What is money for?; Applying the principles to any business; The wealth of nations; Why not?
