Samuel Crowther

My Life And Work is an autobiographical account by the renowned American industrialist and entrepreneur, Henry Ford. In this book, Ford shares his personal experiences and insights into his life and career, including his rise to success as the founder of the Ford Motor Company and his innovative approach to manufacturing and production.The book is divided into several sections, each focusing on a different aspect of Ford's life and work. Ford begins by discussing his childhood and early years, including his family background, education, and early business ventures. He then moves on to describe his experiences in the automobile industry, including his development of the Model T and his pioneering work in assembly line production.Throughout the book, Ford emphasizes the importance of innovation, hard work, and perseverance in achieving success. He also discusses his views on business and economics, including his belief in the importance of paying workers a fair wage and his opposition to monopolies and excessive government regulation.Overall, My Life And Work is a fascinating and insightful account of one of the most influential figures in American business history. It offers a unique perspective on the development of the automobile industry and the rise of modern manufacturing techniques, as well as valuable lessons for anyone interested in entrepreneurship and business leadership.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Edison As I Know Him is a book written by Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, about his personal experiences and interactions with the inventor Thomas Edison. The book provides a unique perspective on Edison's life and work, as Ford was a close friend and collaborator of Edison for many years. In this book, Ford shares anecdotes and stories about Edison's inventions, his work ethic, and his personal life. The book also delves into the impact that Edison had on the world and how his inventions transformed society. Overall, Edison As I Know Him is a fascinating and insightful look into the life of one of the most important inventors in history, written by someone who knew him intimately.This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Henry Ford's industrial innovations were directly responsible for the transformation of the United States into the most productive, affluent, and powerful nation on Earth. My Life and Work describes exactly how Ford did this in terms of not only manufacturing science, but also economics and organizational behavior. This holistic approach, and its validation by world-class results, make Ford's original work the best business leadership book ever written. The Expanded and Annotated My Life and Work: Henry Ford's Universal Code for World-Class Success updates this original with modern perspectives that explain and organize Ford’s thought process explicitly. My Life and Work is not a mechanistic or industry-specific formula that practitioners can follow like work instructions in a factory, but rather a holistic synergy of impartial laws of economics, science, and human behavior—a synergy that Ford called the universal code. This universal code simultaneously delivered high profits, high wages, and low prices in every industry to which Ford applied it. It also realized unprecedented improvements in industries ranging from coal mines to railroads, and even healthcare as practiced in the Henry and Clara Ford Hospital. This annotated edition introduces Ford’s universal code along with vital economic, behavioral, Lean manufacturing, and customer service principles. It contains almost all the material of the original, plus more than 30 percent new content that reinforces Ford’s timeless principles. Readers who understand and internalize Ford’s universal code can easily overcome the self-limiting paradigms that afflict today’s organizations. These include, for example, the belief that healthcare is a zero-sum game in which escalating costs are the price of quality. The book illustrates the basic elements of what is now called the Toyota Production System as well as the organizational and human relations principles needed to gain buy-in and engagement from all participants.