1081209020 Li Hongke 1081209050 Lu Linlin 1081209031 Lu Yao 1081209043 March 2009 Abstract Excessive cash and undervalued stock price forced Ford to conceive an unprecedented cash payout system - Value Enhancement Plan in 2000. For a dual-stock-structure company‚ this recapitalization did favor much Ford family which held the dominant voting power by giving it larger flexibility‚ enhanced control with less capital as well as tax benefit and confidence improvement. While
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unemployment rates‚ Ford proposed tax cuts and the limitation of government spending. In acts like the Tax Reduction Act of 1975‚ Ford cut taxes by nearly 23 billion dollars. Even though the tax cut may have been relieving to the citizens‚ it led to an economic recession. The government spending‚ tax cuts‚ and the unemployment
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Gia Doan Essentials of Management January Ford Motor Company 1. Which schools of management thought are illustrated in this case? There are several schools of management thought are illustrated in this case. First of all‚ classical school of management thought is mentioned. During the very first period of time of Ford Motor Company‚ Henry Ford‚ the founder of this firm‚ created a bureaucratic system. He separated company into smaller product groups and functional
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Ford had Responsibility to Fix Pinto The Ford Pinto case study clearly presents an unethical and immoral practice that shows corporate greed for a positive bottom line is more important than the value of human life. Along with the issue of greed is the need to outdo the competition to be the best in the automobile industry. Together these issues cloud the judgment of Ford’s management. The use of cost-benefit analysis to determine if the flaw in Ford Pinto automobiles is worth the financial
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Henry Ford 1863-1947 American industrialist and essayist. One of the most esteemed figures in American industry‚ Henry Ford is credited with devising and implementing the continuous assembly line‚ thus making possible the era of mass-production‚ mass-marketing‚ and the modern‚ consumer society. Ford’s efforts are additionally thought to have shaped American culture in the early twentieth century‚ tremendously speeding the process of urbanization by making the automobile available to the middle
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Ford Motor Company Gregory Hilgendorf STRATEGIC MARKETING BUS-7450 Dr Meyer. Abstract This paper discusses the Ford Motor Company‚ the mission‚ and keys to their success. In addition‚ there will be discussions centered on the current company’s market summary. This paper will examine Ford Motor Company’s SWOT analysis‚ the company’s strengthens‚ weakness‚ opportunities‚ and threats. In addition‚ this would also look at the automotive driving forces‚ that make it alluring for firms to
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Product strategic: As we all know‚ Mazda is a part of Ford’s core strategy. We think Ford needs to develop the fair price cars which can suitable for more people. As a result‚ Ford may not attempt to market a global luxury brand. They need to change the technology they used. Use more modern science and technology to improve their products quality. As for new product‚ they present cars which use less fuel than before‚ what’s more‚ they present cars which use the electricity and then will eliminate
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY: SUPLY CHAIN STRATEGY I. VIEWPOINT Teri Takai‚ Director of Supply Chain Systems at Ford Motor Company II. TIME CONTEXT Late 1990s III. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM How should the company use emerging information technologies (i.e. Internet technologies) and ideas from new high-tech industries to change the way it interacted with suppliers? IV. OBJECTIVE To be able to make the supply chain run smoothly by eliminating bottlenecking
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Running head: FORD PINTO CASE STUDY Ford Pinto Case Study Shannon Arrighi‚ Brad Collins‚ Chasity Mobley‚ and Tom Tumminelli University of Phoenix Ford Pinto Case Study Shannon---Introduction Faced With The Ethical Dilemma In this ethical dilemma the team agrees it would have been handled differently. Within our group it seems that there would be different opinions of how it would have been handled. As an industry professional‚ ones moral obligation and responsibility of every employee
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People often credit Henry Ford with inventing the automobile and the assembly line. In fact‚ he did neither! What Mr. Ford actually did was change the way manufacturers operate. Henry Ford brought together many innovative ideas that helped revolutionize mass production. When Henry Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company in 1903‚ automobiles were expensive; Workers at the Ford factory in Detroit produced just a few cars a day. Henry Ford’s ambition was to make “a motor car for the great multitude
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