Essays on Factory Worker

The mass culture of mass production and consumption is referred to as Fordism. As a business model, it has created a culture of making more products in less time. Fordism has benefitted the American industry in the post-World War I era. However, it was not an all-encompassing economic model; it is beneficial in certain economic conditions. Fordism refers to the industrial revolution initiated by Henry Ford, the pioneer of Ford motors. He brought significant changes in the car production and added chapters to the academic books of management on how to be efficient. He recruited people specializing in one ...

Introduction

In the current assignment the participators were asked to ‘learn by doing’ and to operate a real business. They were asked to tackle the real issues faced by these businesses in the real world and produce a successful company. They were asked to focus especially on the brand advertising, market share as well as sales productivity of their company. It was found that perhaps the most important requirements of any company are successful advertising campaigns and product quality. Over 6 quarters of our simulation we were told to go through a simulation course which helped us in learning how ...

Abstract

This is a short analysis of Deborah Boe’s, “Factory Worker” and description of women in the work-place.

Deborah Boe’s poem, Factory Worker is an enjoyable one that depicts the typecast of the eighties. In the poem it is clear that Deborah is working in a place that is usually a man’s domain. She is good at her job and she does so well; she hardly thinks about what she is doing while she is performing her duties. She does not particularly like her job, she just do it; “All day I stand here, like this,/over the ...

Thesis

Every American value everything from their freedom of the press to the right to defend their home and interesting enough, there was never a problem that America or Americans could not solve on their own. There are a lot of things worth sacrificing, a person’s life to save another life if the situation called for it, time with the family if you are a doctor and you are needed to help another person out. However, when safety on a grand scale is practically threatened then people feel that it is their right to give up whatever it takes for them to be safe ...

For a very long time and in fact since civilization of man, a lot of speculations have been made concerning the position of women in the society, and in fact many societies across the world still hold the notion that women come secondary to men, and for this reason they should be accorded secondary and less demanding tasks in the society. While men handle the difficult and demanding tasks, women should on the other hand handle the more sensitive issues such as domestic chores and humanitarian tasks. This has been the view point for as long as civilization can be ...