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The Changing Nature of Work. Section 8.4. Objectives At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:. Identify 2 reasons why Ford raised worker wages Define and identify at least 4 “thrifty habits” and reasons why Ford pushed them Define Assembly Line and its pros and cons
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The Changing Nature of Work Section 8.4
ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, you should be able to: • Identify 2 reasons why Ford raised worker wages • Define and identify at least 4 “thrifty habits” and reasons why Ford pushed them • Define Assembly Line and its pros and cons • Define “Ford Whisper” • Identify Frederick Taylor and define scientific management
Who was Frederick Taylor? • Wrote The Principles of Scientific Management • Encouraged Ergonomics • broke each operation down to the quickest, most efficient method of performance and set standards • Used cash incentives for workers to meet standards • Adopted by auto industry
Big Question • What is Tom Hanks trying to do? • Why is he upset when he opens the package? • Scientific Management/Assembly Line
Who was Henry Ford? • Industrialists car manufacturer • Inventor of the Assembly Line • Saw workers as a consumer • Doubled worker wages to $5 a day • $2 considered good
What were Ford’s Thrifty Habits? • Attempted to shape their behavior • “Thrifty Habits” • Must learn English, take co advise, not gamble, drink, or engage in immoral behavior • Ford called “traitor to his class” • Reduced hrs. from 48 (6 days a week) to 40 (5 days a week) • Earned $264 thousand per day in 1922 • Allowed for low skilled or no skilled • Hired handicapped, immigrants, ex-convicts
What is the Assembly Line? • Slow moving conveyer belt process where individual workers performed 1 basic, simple task over and over • Ergonomic • Designed to fit human body’s movement • Worked at waist level • Ford’s moved 6ft. Per minute
What was work like on the Assembly Line? • Repetitive and boring • Each worker responsible for tiny part of total job • Worked at pace set by the assembly line • Little skill/thought required • Robot=Czech word • Man who acts like a machine or vice versa
What was the Ford Whisper? • Workers forbidden from leaning, sitting, squatting, singing, talking, whistling and smiling • “Ford Whisper” • communicated without moving their lips
Who was Frederick Taylor? • Wrote The Principles of Scientific Management • Encouraged Ergonomics • broke each operation down to the quickest, most efficient method of performance and set standards • Used cash incentives for workers to meet standards • Adopted by auto industry
Conclusion • Ford and Taylor’s new methods of production had a profound impact of business. Consider where their ideas are used today. • WAWA, Genuardi’s, Business Offices, UPS, Federal Express, auto industry