Professional English Day382丨In the past, Ford adopted strict centralized management

Arbitrary orders have been replaced by performance standards based on objectives and measurements.

The greatest change perhaps — certainly the most visible — is in organizational structure.

The old Ford Motor Company was rigidly centralized.

Not only was all power and decision in the hands of old Henry Ford; but there was only one set of figures for the whole, complex operation.

Use a set of numbers to reflect the company's overall and complex operating conditions.

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• arbitrary 武断的
• order 命令
• replace 代替
• performance standards 业绩标准
• based on 根据，基于
• objective 目标
• measurement 测评，度量
• perhaps 或许
• certainly 无疑，当然，确定
• visible 明显的
• organization structure 组织结构
• Ford Motor Company 福特汽车公司
• rigidly 严格， Old-fashioned, resolute
• centralize
• not only...but not only...but also
• power
• decision decision, decision
• in the hands of one set of
• figure figure
• whole whole, the whole
• complex complex

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The Practice of Management

Peter F. Drucker

* This book is the first book on management from the practical implementation level, and the first