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Hospitality Administration and Management

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1972

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Work Measurement And Costs Of Selected Hospital Diets, William M. Fields Jun 1972

Work Measurement And Costs Of Selected Hospital Diets, William M. Fields

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This research project was done to determine, by work function, the production labor time expended by employees involved in processing of general and selected modified diets and to determine the processing labor and food costs of these diets in the food service of a short-term general hospital. Work sampling was the technique used to collect data. Random observations were made for a six-day period utilizing the GRED's theory. Work function activities were recorded for only those employees whose work included processing of food. The number of times each work function activity was recorded as related to the total recordings was …


Lecture And Audiovisual Self-Instruction Methods For Food Systems In-Service Education, Bertrum C. Connell Jun 1972

Lecture And Audiovisual Self-Instruction Methods For Food Systems In-Service Education, Bertrum C. Connell

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The specific objectives of this research were to (1) develop an audiovisual self-instruction series with corresponding lectures for in-service education of hospital food service personnel, and (2) test the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference in post-test scores between the conventional lecture method and the self-instruction method.

Supportive personnel of a 516-bed, non-profit university hospital food service were randomly selected to participate in the study. An in-service education program series of five topics was developed and presented by two methods: lectures and an audiovisual self-instruction method using the 3M Sound on Slide projector. Observations on each subject included …