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<strong>Food</strong> <strong>Service</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Institutions</strong><br />

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Figure 6.2. Making Coleslaw Using a Systems Approach<br />

Input<br />

Money:<br />

Minutes:<br />

Machine:<br />

Method:<br />

Material:<br />

Motivation:<br />

To buy cabbage<br />

To prepare<br />

To trans<strong>for</strong>m<br />

cabbage<br />

Recipe<br />

Dishes to<br />

serve coleslaw<br />

To prepare<br />

best product<br />

Control<br />

Specification <strong>for</strong><br />

cabbage, etc.<br />

Purchase<br />

Prepare<br />

Feedback<br />

Communication from patient<br />

Plate waste<br />

Internal, external<br />

Federal, state, local,<br />

rules, regulations, standards<br />

menu, quality control<br />

Action system<br />

Coleslaw that<br />

meets standards<br />

of quality<br />

Memory records<br />

Output<br />

to goals or outcomes. Decisions can be made by management at any point to alter the action.<br />

Communication is vital and includes all types of in<strong>for</strong>mation: oral, written, computer <strong>for</strong>ms or<br />

data throughout the system. The system must be kept in balance by the manager’s ability to<br />

maintain organizational stability during changes in technology, economics, and political and<br />

social conditions.<br />

A food service department usually has at least the following major systems: management<br />

system, action system, control system, and output system. Each of these systems is made up of<br />

smaller systems with rules and regulations that must be followed.<br />

The input is made up of management systems and basically defines the resources available.<br />

The management system is made up of the seven Ms: man (personnel), machines (equipment<br />

and physical resources), money (budget), motivation, materials, methods, and minutes. The<br />

action or trans<strong>for</strong>mation system trans<strong>for</strong>ms the raw materials into finished products and services.<br />

This action must use the seven Ms of other functional subsystems and the linking<br />

processes. These systems work together to produce the output, which are the finished products<br />

and services of the department.<br />

Records are important and are used to <strong>for</strong>ecast and to meet budget requirements and personnel<br />

needs. These records are used in the action or trans<strong>for</strong>mation systems.<br />

The control system refers to the plans, goals, and objectives of the organization and to outside<br />

influences (such as local, state, and federal laws and regulations). The control system is

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