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亨利·福特:我的生活与工作·补录 445

亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导

If the factory system which brought mediocrity up to a higher standard operated also to keep ability down to a lower standard--it would be a very bad system, a very bad system indeed. But a system, even a perfect one, must have able individuals to operate it. No system operates itself. And the modern system needs more brains for its operation than did the old. More brains are needed to-day than ever before, although perhaps they are not needed in the same place as they once were. It is just like power: formerly every machine was run by foot power; the power was right at the machine. But nowadays we have moved the power back--concentrated it in the power-house. Thus also we have made it unnecessary for the highest types of mental ability to be engaged in every operation in the factory. The better brains are in the mental power-plant.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
定位:Additional excerpt 445 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

如果工厂制度只是把平庸者拉高,却把能人压到低标准,那它就是个坏制度。但再好的制度也得靠有能力的人来运转,制度不会自己运行。现代体系比旧体系需要更多脑力,只是脑力集中的位置变了。就像动力:过去每台机器靠脚踏,动力就在机器旁;现在动力集中到动力房。同样,工厂不必每个环节都配上最高级的头脑,更好的头脑集中在“脑力动力房”里。

上下文

福特在自传中解释现代工厂的分工逻辑:把高级脑力集中到管理和设计环节,而不是分散到每道工序。

今日一问

我所在的系统里,哪些“脑力”该集中,哪些该下放?

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