Call number: LD2668 .T4 1979 B63 / Master of Science

Thesis (M.Tech.: Entrepreneurship)-Dept. of Entrepreneurial Studies, Durban Institute of Technology, 2004 xiv, 91 leaves / The study examines the perceptions of lecturers and students on integrating entrepreneurship training and education in the academic programme Food and Beverage Management in the Eastern Cape Technikon. The study aims to integrate entrepreneurship training and education in the academic programme, Food and Beverage Management and to promote the concept with the students in the early stages of their studies.

A mail questionnaire surveyed Arizona hospital dietary departments to reveal the most frequently initiated changes in dietary practice since the implementation of Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs). The most frequently initiated change was remodeling the service/cafeteria areas to increase consumer appeal and subsequent sales. Fee-for-service nutrition was the tenth most frequently initiated change. Non-subsidized employee feeding was the second least frequently initiated change since DRGs. Hospital size was found to correlate significantly (alpha ≥ 05) with innovative management, development of DRG avenues of recovery, purchase of computers, development of clearly defined treatment plans, utilization of time studies and staffing, and the implementation of corporate wellness programs. Only a few hospitals have determined costs for DRG dietary treatments, or know standard length of stay for each DRG. The number of dietitians documenting services and patient outcome must increase or their cost effectiveness may never be known.

Thesis (M.Tech.: Entrepreneurship)-Dept. of Entrepreneurial Studies, Durban Institute of Technology, 2004 xiv, 91 leaves / The study examines the perceptions of lecturers and students on integrating entrepreneurship training and education in the academic programme Food and Beverage Management in the Eastern Cape Technikon. The study aims to integrate entrepreneurship training and education in the academic programme, Food and Beverage Management and to promote the concept with the students in the early stages of their studies.

Graduation date: 1994

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-107). Also available via the Internet.

The purpose of this study was to develop an Institution Administration program to be taught at the undergraduate level at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Institution administration programs in other land-grant colleges and universities were studied and recommendations for such programs were obtained from directors of approved dietetic internships. An institution administration program comprised of a course in institution management and organization and a course in institution administration experience was developed. The program developed was in agreement with institution administration programs offered in other colleges and universities end recommended by directors of internships. The two courses making up the institution administration program were taught at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute fall quarter, 1960 end winter quarter, 1961. At the termination of winter quarter, 1961, the program was evaluated for effectiveness and recommendations for further development of the program were made. / Master of Science

This exploratory and descriptive study examined the information needs, sources and uses of Chief Financial Officers in the Hospitality Industry, for strategic capital investment decision making. The amount of environmental scanning currently being conducted for use in the strategic capital investment decision making process was also investigated. A survey questionnaire was used to gather information from 200 Chief Financial Officers. 46 questionnaires were returned, resulting in a response rate of 23.00%. Content analysis and statistical analysis were used to analyze the the data collected. Content analysis of publications cited was used to identify which areas of the environment were emphasized as most important to Chief Financial Officers for strategic capital investment decision making. The economic sector clearly dominated the literature, though there does appear to be a need for more adequate information concerning all segments of the external environment (Social, Technological, Political, and Economic). Finance executives were found to rely much more on external documentary sources of strategic information, than on internal or personal sources. Newspapers and trade journals were perceived to be the most important sources of external strategic information, and were also the most frequently cited sources. Based on the results of the statistical analysis conducted, there is a relationship between the size and complexity of an organization, and the amount of information needed by decision makers in the organization. In organizations without an environmental scanning function, it was found that the marketing and research & development functions were more involved in environmental scanning; and in organizations with neither an environmental scanning nor a research & development function, the accounting function was more involved in environmental scanning. / M.S.

El propósito de este trabajo es analizar el negocio del servicio logístico de las compras del menú del hogar en el mercado peruano a través de un estudio de pre factibilidad, puesto que dicho negocio en el Perú es muy pequeño y limitado a solo algunos proveedores con una presencia reciente, a pesar de que en el mundo éste ya lleve varios años y esté en constante crecimiento como resultado de los cambios en los hábitos de consumo derivados de la preocupación del consumidor por una mayor comodidad y un mayor tiempo para sus actividades sin sacrificar la calidad e inocuidad de los alimentos. / The purpose of this project is to analyze the business process of logistics service regarding the purchase of the supplied food for Peruvian market, through a pre-feasibility study. In Peru, this type of business is limited to just a few suppliers, although in the world, this business have several years of development and is constantly growing as a result of changes in consumer habits and consumer concerns: “greater comfort and longer time for their personal activities without influencing in quality and food safety. / Trabajo de investigación

Background: Every year 260 million lunch meals are served in Swedish schools. To design sustainable meals that are eaten and appreciated by the children, not only the food is important but also to understand how the meeting between the Food Service Professionals (FSP) and the children, and part of the service provided, affects the children's overall meal experience.  Objective: The purpose was to explore the perceptions of food service quality among children, and how FSP in school perceive and work with service during meal situations. Methods: The present study was the first qualitative phase of an exploratory mixed method study. Qualitative data was collected from six children 10 ≤ 13 years old, in five different Primary schools, and two FSP, from two different Primary schools, in south east of Sweden, through semi structured interviews. The quantitative study will be conducted spring semester 2021. Results: The study result showed that among the children and the FSP, service was perceived in terms of being “functional”, as well as “caring”. Functional referred to the importance of maintaining hygienic order in the school canteen, and to be able to answer questions regarding the content of the food. Service was also described by the FSP in terms of caring for the children and listening to their special needs. The FSP believed that their presence, in the canteen, was important for making the right decisions at the right time. Artefacts like food labels and the menu were interpreted as important service markers among the FSP. However, the artefacts could be perceived in the reversed way, as an expression of poor service quality among the children. Clearly, if the information meant that children’s desires and expectations were not satisfied; the perceived service quality could affect the overall meal experience in a negative way. Conclusion: The children perceived that service in the school canteen was about the FSP maintaining a hygienic order, in the canteen. Also, being close to the children, to be able to answer questions about the food's content, based on the children’s different needs, for example lactose-free, vegetarian, and pork-free. The FSP considered that the most important thing was to serve tasty food, prepared from scratch, and in doing that, include the different wishes from the children. In the meeting with the children, they stated that a commitment is created between the child, and that service quality was about having an eye for what needs to be done.