SY103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Antisemitism, Scientific Management, Deskilling
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Founder of "modern assembly line" and "mass production" Model t car: 12. 5 hours to build in 1908 vs. 93 minutes in 1914. Ford had built 10 000 model t cars in one year(vs. other people making. In 1910, first time someone had made a factory that was the size of several football fields. Fordism is a metaphor for america: standardization, capitalism. New system of control of work: = techniques (taylorism), but technology. The assembly line is a technological feat that controls the pace of work. Ford owned the newspaper from 1919 to 1927. 2nd largest readership in america: 900 000 (1925) Had to shutdown in 1927 because of the racist and judeophobic articles = many lawsuits. Centralized planning: the planned, orderly, and continuous progression of the commodity thought the shop (streamlined assembly line) By introducing this, you had type control of the orderly of work. Taylor"s problem: they were lazy, using techniques (anyone could be replaced.
