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India cannot afford to admire Henry Ford

Attending a talk of great leaders, an America-phile (lover of America) was narrating to us natives the power of American leadership and why we should replicate it. The speaker said several useful things and some I did not agree with particularly when alluding to Henry Ford's management and leadership style. Here is why we should not admire Henry Ford's leadership and management style. Henry Ford is considered to be a legend of sorts. He was instrumental in the introduction of a revolution called mass production. Initially hailed as the most efficient way to manufacture goods, mass production churned out millions of near identical products at significantly lower costs from a process called craft production. While craft production employed highly skilled workmen with a few apprentices was highly rewarding both financially and emotionally, the products were terribly expensive. On the  other hand mass production employed large numbers of unskilled workmen in a manner that  co...