He was a person who believed in inexpensive, efficient production, so he established standards for his plant and workers.
He also standardized and produced many new auto parts for his Ford Motor Company cars.
Then he studied the workers' problems and built an assembly line -- the first of its kind in America. This ingenious improvement led to mass production of thousands of automobiles per year.
In fact, his plants had produced 15 million Model Ts by 1927. Ford's personality was not all thrift, efficiency, and ingenuity, however. He was a man who was cold and who could not keep pace with the competition due to his own rigidity.
His company suffered because of his desire to maintain the status quo instead of meeting and beating the competition by changing his product.
Finally, he saw that he must change or lose out; therefore, he introduced the eight-cylinder engine and once again took over the automobile market.
Ford left a legacy of millions of dollars, millions of jobs for American workers, and millions of satisfied customers.
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Pertanyaan
1. The tone of this passage can be described as…
A. Serious
B. Nostalgic