Manufacturing and Industrialization
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This presentation delves into the historical changes in manufacturing and industrialization, exploring concepts such as primitive accumulation, Kondratieff Cycle, and the shift in techno-economic paradigms. It also discusses the role of key figures like Henry Ford, the impact of specialization, and the current state of geographical institutional and technological changes in the industry.
Manufacturing and Industrialization
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Part 2Presentation on Industrial Geography and Manufacturing Change in Historical PerspectiveMarch 12th, 2008-Ashley C. Emerole-
Manufacturing and Industrialization • Historical Changes • Primitive accumulation vs. proto Industrialization • Kondratieff Cycle • Freeman and the shift in techno-economic paradigms
Modernization • The role of Henry Ford and assembly lines in other industry • ‘Taylorism’ • ‘Creation’ of the Research and Development sector • Role of specialization
Further Application • Planning system firms and division of labor • SMEs role in production • Bureaucratic cost and worker specialization • Concentration of intellectual ideas
Current State • Geography of institutional/technological changes • Criticism of the Fordist model • Linkages of design, management and production • Role of liberalized communication