What is Efficiency in Kitchen Management?

 

What are the Factors Affecting Efficiency in Kitchen Management? What is the Concept of Efficiency? What are the Characteristics of the Physical Work Environment? How to Motivate Kitchen Workers? How Are Employees' Skills Evaluated? What Are the Causes of Executive Inefficiency in Kitchen Services? How is Administrative Time Not Used Effectively? Manager's Effective Administrative Time Usage and Managers' Management Approaches...

 

Efficiency Concept:

 

Productivity; is to reach the predetermined targets according to the plan, program and standards.

In short, it is the amount of output per input.

 

Productivity; it can also be defined as the relationship between results and the time taken to achieve that result.

 

Factors Affecting Efficiency in Kitchen Management:

 

Physical Working Environment:

 

In this context; The technology used, materials, machines and their placement, lighting facilities and heating systems can be counted.

The materials used, machinery and equipment must be suitable for the production to be made in the kitchen.

 

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Lighting, heating and equipment placement should be done by experts.

 

Work Performance of the Employee (Manager):

 

Motivation:

 

It is to motivate a person to do something.

Leadership, psychological needs, economic conditions, personal situation, formal and informal organizational structure are effective on motivation.

 

Employee's ability:

 

While evaluating the abilities of the manager, characteristics such as skills, personality, experience, education, and interests are observed and researched.

 

Causes of Executive Inefficiency in Kitchen Services:

 

Failure to Delegate Authority:

 

The concept of authority is the right to use ability and power.

delegation of authority; top-level manager's own will

transfers some of its powers to lower-level managers under certain conditions.

 

Delegation of authority prevents managers from drowning in details.

 

Getting drowned in details.

Inability to devote time to policy making and planning.

Not being able to benefit from education and research services.

It causes them to face wear and tear.

 

Ineffective Use of Administrative Time:

 

Effective managerial time use of the manager:

 

Obstructing reasons;

 

Incoming phones

visitors

Meetings held

Correspondence

Disruption in internal communication

Insufficient file and archive services

 

Management Approaches of Managers:

 

The manager, who chooses one of the classical, neoclassical and modern management approaches, directly affects the managerial efficiency. Problems arising from management and inadequacy in management directly affect management efficiency.

 

Ahmet Ozdemir

Coord. Executive Chef 

International Restaurant and Cuisine Consultant

Ottoman and Turkish Cuisine World Volunteer Ambassador