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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 170
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
If it is right for the manager of a business to try to make it pay larger dividends, it is quite as right that he should try to make it pay higher wages. But it is not the manager of the business who pays the high wages. Of course, if he can and will not, then the blame is on him. But he alone can never make high wages possible. High wages cannot be paid unless the workmen earn them. Their labour is the productive factor. It is not the only productive factor--poor management can waste labour and material and nullify the efforts of labour. Labour can nullify the results of good management. But in a partnership of skilled management and honest labour, it is the workman who makes high wages possible. He invests his energy and skill, and if he makes an honest, wholehearted investment, high wages ought to be his reward. Not only has he earned them, but he has had a big part in creating them.
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定位：Additional excerpt 170 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
福特说，如果经理努力让企业支付更高股息是正当的，那么努力让企业支付更高工资也同样正当。但支付高工资的不是经理。当然，如果经理有能力却不愿支付，责任在他。但单靠经理永远无法让高工资成为可能。高工资不能凭空支付，除非工人挣得出来。他们的劳动是生产因素。劳动不是唯一因素——糟糕的管理会浪费劳动和材料，抵消劳动成果；劳动也能抵消良好管理的成果。但在熟练管理与诚实劳动的合作中，是工人让高工资成为可能。他投入精力和技能，如果投入诚实全心，高工资就应是他的回报。他不仅挣得了高工资，还在创造高工资中发挥了重要作用。
上下文
福特阐述高工资的来源，强调工人劳动是创造高工资的关键，而非经理的恩赐。
今日一问
你是否意识到自己的劳动在创造价值？你的投入是否配得上你期望的回报？
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