首创“流水线”制度的福特汽车公司创始人亨利·福特,在1914年引进一项管理创新:当市场平均工资水平是每个工作日2~3美元的时候,福特却支付给工人每个工作日5美元的工资。按照常规来理解福特的这个行为是:高工资势必造成高成本,不利于企业追求利润最大化的原则。可实际结果是,福特公司生产线上的成本却下降了,产品完好率增加,残次率大幅度下降。原因就在于,工资提高后,工人更加忠于公司,责任心比以 Henry Ford, the founder of the first “line” system, introduced a management innovation in 1914: When the average wage in the market was between two and three dollars per working day, Ford paid each of the workers Workday $ 5 salary. According to the routine to understand Ford’s behavior is: high wages will inevitably lead to high costs, is not conducive to the pursuit of corporate profits to maximize the principle. The practical result is that the cost of the Ford Motor Company’s production line has dropped, the product intact rate has increased, and the defective rate has dropped significantly. The reason is that after the wage increase, the workers are more loyal to the company and more responsible