... cannot be made without considering Fordism first, then the two modes of production can be compared. Fordism is a form of industrial production was born developed from F.W. Taylor's scientific management methods Fordism. Ford developed Taylor's idea of fragmenting and simplyfiying work tasks, was developed from Henry Ford's application of mass production which had above average wages (as Ford introduced the $5 day), however, generally was low paid due to lowly skilled repetitive tasks, has autocratic management, low business overheads, strict division of labour and little empowerment/decision making for employees. A standardised production method producing standardised goods for the mass industrial and consumer markets. It is often associated with F.W. Taylor's scientific management methods where the main aim is product maximisation through tight control over the employee's every task movements. Machine dominates the worker - the worker is subordinated to the machine's pace. hegemony Henry Ford became famous for both his Model ...

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