1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453974803321

Autore

Sethi Mohini

Titolo

Institutional food management [[electronic resource] /] / Mohini Sethi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi, : New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers, c2004

ISBN

1-281-99295-X

9786611992958

81-224-2542-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (894 p.)

Disciplina

001.42

Soggetti

Food service management

Food

Food - Care and hygiene - Sanitation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Foreword; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Plates; Contents; Unit 1 Institutional Food Management; Unit 2 Spaces: Planning and Organisation; Unit 3 Equipment; Unit 4 Food Management; Unit 5 Financial Management; Unit 6 Personnel Management; Unit 7 Hygiene Sanitation and Safety; Unit 8 Marketing; Annexures; Abbreviations; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

About the Book:    This book has been designed as a reference for the teaching, learning and institutional feeding in all its varied aspects. It covers a wide range of topics from the development of food services, traditional and modern management approaches to the management of resources, food production and service techniques, waste management, forecasting, budgeting and management accounting as well as hygiene, sanitation and safety measures to ensure wholesomeness of food served to the customer. Laws applicable to food service organisations have also been discussed to enable managers to en



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460927503321

Autore

Shaw Ian

Titolo

Ancient Egyptian technology and innovation : transformations in pharaonic material culture / / Ian Shaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013

©2012

ISBN

1-4725-1959-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

BCP Egyptology

Disciplina

600

Soggetti

Technology - Egypt - History - To 1500

Technological innovations - Egypt - History - To 1500

Material culture - Egypt

Electronic books.

Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Chronology; 1. Introduction: towards an explicitly anthropological analysis of technological change and innovation in ancient Egypt; 2. Analysing Egyptian technological dynamics: was Egyptian technology underpinned and framed by 'science'?; 3. Writing: human communication as social technology; 4. Medicine, magic and pharmacy: the fusion of science and art; 5. Stone-working: the synthesis of traditional chaînes opératoires and ideological innovations; 6. Mummification and glass-working: issues of definition and process

7. Chariot production: technical choice and socio-political change8. Military hardware: the east Mediterranean knowledge economy and the emergence of the Iron Age in Egypt; 9. Technology embedded in urban society: finding the individual in the general; 10. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Measuring space; Appendix 2. Measuring time; Appendix 3. Astronomy and astrology; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Ancient Egyptian terms; Assyrian terms



Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the fundamental evidence for many different aspects of change and evolution in ancient Egyptian technology. It includes discussion of the wider cognitive and social contexts, such as the Egyptian propensity for mental creativity and innovation, and the pace of change in Egypt in comparison with other African, Mediterranean and Near Eastern states.   This book draws not only on traditional archaeological and textual sources but also on the results of scientific analyses of ancient materials and on experimental and ethno-archaeological information.  Case-studies analyse those