Ford Motor Company: A Business Analysis Mary J. Richardson MGT 521 January 30‚ 2012 Erick Espinosa Developing sound strategic plans to address the changing business climate is crucial to organizations operating in today’s global environment. Throughout its history‚ Ford Motor Company has developed effective strategic plans to adapt the business to the changing economy while addressing the needs of their customers and employees. By analyzing the company’s strategic planning‚ along with its
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Famous Leaders – Henry Ford Henry Ford is the founder of the Ford Motor Company‚ at the same time an inventor of the modern day assembly line method of production for his Model T cars. Nowadays‚ due to the strength of his leadership‚ Ford Motor Company has dealerships all over the world‚ and is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world. Nevertheless every leader has their strength and weakness. So for starters I would go on with strength as Ford lived in a farm that was
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Case study: Ford in China Ford motor company one of the biggest auto-making multinationals in the world has made a tremendously successful entry into the Chinese market. In Nov 2006‚ it announced its accelerated plan in China and a strong yearly performance in 2006 at a growth rate of 100.8 per cent. The origin of Ford’s presence in China can be traced to 1913 when Henry Ford sold his famous Model- T ‘s in Shanghai. Today Ford is back in China in a big way. Ford sells two car models
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Japanese imports from Toyota and Datsun in May of 1968‚ the Ford Motor Company‚ based upon a recommendation by then vice-president Lee Iacocca‚ decided to introduce a subcompact car and produce it domestically. (Leggett‚ 1999) The Ford Pinto appeared on the market in 1970‚ and sales of the car were good for the first few years. The engineers designed the gas tank to be positioned between the bumper and the rear axle. This design
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TOM FORD Executive summary Tom Ford‚ one of the most influential designers in the world‚ can accredit his success to his drive‚ having a vision‚ working hard and taking risks. He dug Gucci up from the ground and created history in doing so. He was born with an innate ability to create and perfect‚ and through his passion he created hedonistic luxury and painfully romantic glamous. He redefined and brought the Gucci Group to success. He had an overwhelming impact on the fashion industry
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Ford India Private Limited * Ford Motor company‚ an American company‚ manufactures and sells automobiles worldwide. * Henry Ford‚ the founder. * Alan Mulally- President & CEO * Michael Boneham-President and Managing Director The Journey of Ford in India * Ford has been in India since 1907 when it launched Model A here. * In 1926‚ ford India in Canada was established‚ but the operations were discontinued in 1954. * Again in 1995 it was joint venture with Mahindra &
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Ford Pinto Case Ford Pinto Case If we were involved in the Ford Pinto dilemma we would have used Deontological Ethical reasoning to decide whether or not to disclose the danger that the Pinto posed and/or use that reasoning to determine whether or not to install the part(s) that would make the Ford Pinto safer. Our decision would be to do what is morally right and avoid doing what is morally wrong‚ regardless of the consequences. True enough Ford was not obligated by government regulation or
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The Ford Pinto Question 1 What moral issues does the Pinto case raise? ANS: The Pinto case raise the moral issues of what is the dollar value of the human life. That the businesses should not be putting a value on human life and disregard a known deadly danger. In order to perform a risk/benefit analysis‚ all costs and benefits must be expressed in some common measure. This measure is typically in dollars‚ as the Ford Motor Company used in its analysis. This can prove difficult for things that
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Moral Intensity of Ford Pinto Case Magnitude of the Consequences From the perspective of senior managers who made the decision‚ the magnitude of consequences introducing the Ford Pinto to the market is small. To support this point of view‚ Ford vice President firstly cited several statistical evidences. In 1975‚ only 12 of 848 deaths‚ which associated with passenger-car accidents in which fires also occurred‚ involved occupants of Pintos. And in 1976‚ the number of occupant fatalities in fire-associated
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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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