I have posted the perspective on \"building cars by building workers\" in chapte
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I have posted the perspective on "building cars by building workers" in chapter 15 above. I need to answer the questions 1 & 2
4 SECTION S Employee Relations HR Building Cars by Building Workers As a leader in the industrial revolution, Henry Ford had a unique approach to managing workers in his ers with issues ranging from buying a home automobile assembly plants. In the early 1900s, to obtaining U.S citizenship--all at no cost to he doubled vworkers' pay to $5 per day in an effort the employee to reduce turnover. He also did so because he hacd a sincere interest in their wel-being. legal team whose lawyers would help work Jobs at Ford were highly coveted, and Ford Motor Company was viewed as an employer of choice because it paid the highest wages in the Henry Ford's interest in his employees and security went well beyond the fac- automotive industry. The paternalistic approach has long since disappeared at tory floor, He required that his workers be of Henry Ford d neat" He created a group within the company, and the automotive industry has thrifty an the company called the Sociological Depart moved forward in the hundred years since t ment whose job it was to visit employees at home and heip them manage their household ers and helped them become good employees finances and family health. Eventually, the de- partment had over 200 agents who worked sider Ford's humanitarian way of dealing with with Ford's 13,000 employees, many of whom his employees as you answer the following were immigrants seeking to improve their lot questions:2 in life he Sociological Department checked in on work and good citizens in their communities. Con How did Ford's approach to employee relations impact employees? Do you think it was to their advantage or disadvantage for the company to take such an active interest in their lives? 1. Ford's assembly line workers had to obtain authorization fram the Sociologi cal Department if they wished to buy a They would be quizzed on their family status whether they were married and had children any outstanding debts, and whether they had life insurance. Only after proving their finan cial security were they granted permission to 2. What are some of the things Henry Ford did that you think have merit? If you were running a company, what practices of his buy a car Ford also provided the services of a might you adopt?Explanation / Answer
Henry Ford has phenomenally been exhibiting a benevolent approach toward maintaining the workers’ well beings which does not only restrict to the office premises but also to the extent of their household, how to run at cost effective manner and also derive legal advisory suggestions before making any vital decisions. Thus,