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COMPARISON OF SELECTED COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOODSERVICE ADMINISTRATORS: BASED ON PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES, MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS, AND SCOPE OF POSITION

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1978
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It was the purpose of this study to identify those variables present in individuals occupying positions as commercial or public school foodservice administrators. Those factors that seemed to contribute to the positions included: sex, age, marital status, parental status, salary, educational background, experience, personal opinion, management, characteristics, and scope of position. Data were collected through the distribution of questionnaires to ten selected commercial foodservice administrators, and ten selected public school foodservice administrators. All respondents were located in Florida. All of the individuals surveyed administered multi-unit operations, which fed thousands daily, and whose budgets were in the millions of dollars annually. A 100% response was received from the two vocational areas surveyed. It was concluded that many similarities existed between the two sample group responses to management characteristics and scope of position questions. Therefore, the educational preparation for the two vocational areas could be virtually identical in most instances. School foodservice has become "big business" and a strong management background is a need concurrent with nutrition for success in this area. It is hoped that the findings of this study would assist all interested individuals in recognition of the elements found presently in individuals who function as commercial or public school foodservice administrators. Among those interested persons would be those seeking employment in either area of foodservice management, those who prepare the prospective candidates educationally, and those who employ foodservice administrators.
Title: A COMPARISON OF SELECTED COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOODSERVICE ADMINISTRATORS: BASED ON PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES, MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS, AND SCOPE OF POSITION.
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Name(s): PRENTISS, BONNY R. OSWALT
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1978
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 119 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: It was the purpose of this study to identify those variables present in individuals occupying positions as commercial or public school foodservice administrators. Those factors that seemed to contribute to the positions included: sex, age, marital status, parental status, salary, educational background, experience, personal opinion, management, characteristics, and scope of position. Data were collected through the distribution of questionnaires to ten selected commercial foodservice administrators, and ten selected public school foodservice administrators. All respondents were located in Florida. All of the individuals surveyed administered multi-unit operations, which fed thousands daily, and whose budgets were in the millions of dollars annually. A 100% response was received from the two vocational areas surveyed. It was concluded that many similarities existed between the two sample group responses to management characteristics and scope of position questions. Therefore, the educational preparation for the two vocational areas could be virtually identical in most instances. School foodservice has become "big business" and a strong management background is a need concurrent with nutrition for success in this area. It is hoped that the findings of this study would assist all interested individuals in recognition of the elements found presently in individuals who function as commercial or public school foodservice administrators. Among those interested persons would be those seeking employment in either area of foodservice management, those who prepare the prospective candidates educationally, and those who employ foodservice administrators.
Identifier: 11718 (digitool), FADT11718 (IID), fau:8650 (fedora)
Note(s): Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-10, Section: B, page: 4820.
Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.
Subject(s): Food service management
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