... disaggregation of planning from the execution of work, task fragmentation and the timing of specific operations and enhance them through the introduction of the flow-line principle in the form of the moving assembly line and new forms of labour control." Over the first half of the twentieth century, output expanded through a focus on manufacturing processes (Fordism) and the use of methods of shop floor control (Taylorism). The first section continues describing how the evolution of the assembly line and mass production diminished the need for time consuming set ups and the skilled workers required to perform them. This in turn increased the levels of labour turnover and so therefore Ford introduced the five-dollar day to attempt to combat this situation. The second section that look at Fordism as a social model, it concentrates on the $5 day to workers who would put up with the alienated regimented work conditions, and how ...

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