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Appropriate for Cost Control courses within Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management departments.

A Competency Guide and exam which is focused on Controlling Foodservice Costs. This Competency Guide includes essential content focused on Controlling Foodservice Costs., plus learning activities, case studies, professional profiles, research topics and more.

Designed to support a core textbook or function as a standalone text with ancillaries to provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Culinary Arts and Foodservice industry.  The exam can be taken in either a paper-and-pencil or online format.  The exam format is selected at the time of purchase.

The Competency Guide and exam is part of the NRAEF ManageFirst Program from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.  This management training program is based on a set of competencies defined by the restaurant, hospitality and foodservice industry as those needed for success.  This competency-based program includes 10 topics each with a Competency Guide, exam, Instructor Resources, certificate and credential.*

This Competency Guide includes a Paper-and-Pencil version of the exam answer sheet.  If you would like to order the Competency Guide with an online exam voucher click here.

For additional information about the NRAEF ManageFirst^TM Program please visit www.prenhall.com/managefirst.

*Certificate awarded upon successful exam completion.  NRAEF ManageFirst Professional^ä Credential awarded upon successful completion of five required ManageFirst exams and fulfillment of industry work experience requirement.

NRAEF ManageFirst Program - Hallmark Features:

• Designed and supported by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF).
• NEW, industry-driven, 12 topic, competency-based certificate program.
• Created to provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Restaurant, Hospitality and Foodservice industries.
• Non-text specific.  Adopters can use any publisher’s text and corresponding Prentice Hall/NRAEF competency guide.
• An academic and industry “think-tank” was formed to design a program based on job-specific skills valued by employers.  This “think tank” included 200 industry hiring managers, trainers, executives and academics.
• The program design and implementation process included an 18-month Job Task Analysis (JTA).
• NRAEF ManageFirst Program includes competency guide, exam answer sheet, NRAEF scoring & processing of a competency-based exam, NRAEF-branded certificate and NRAEF ManageFirst Professional (MFP) credential.
• Transitional and correlation materials available to ease conversion from other certification programs and textbooks to NRAEF ManageFirst Program and Prentice Hall textbooks.

Competency Guide Hallmark Features:

• 150-200 pages per guide.
• Can be used as a “stand alone” item or bundled at a discount with Prentice Hall titles.
• Tremendous pedagogical features, including:
  • “Tuning In to You”
  • Professional Profiles
  • Learning Objectives
  • “Test Your Knowledge”
  • Key Terms
  • Exhibits
  • “Think About It”
  • Activities
  • “Review Your Learning”
  • Field Project
• Accompanied by supplemental materials, including PowerPoint’s and Answers to Activities

NRAEF ManageFirst Program — Core and Foundation (Elective) topics:

NRAEF ManageFirst Core Credential Topics - students must pass all four courses:

• Hospitality and Restaurant Management
• Controlling Foodservice Costs
• Human Resources Management and Supervision
• ServSafe Food Safety

NRAEF ManageFirst Core Foundation (Elective) Topics — students must pass one course:

• Managerial Accounting
• Inventory and Purchasing
• Customer Service
• Food Production
• Menu Marketing and Management
• Restaurant Marketing
• Nutrition (Culinary)
• ServSafe Responsible Alcohol Service

Instructor Supplements available for each Competency Guide:

• Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with Instructor's Notes
• Answer Keys for self-guided tests and Additional Activities.
• Instructor Correlation Guides that assist in the transition to the NRAEF ManageFirst Program.
• Syllabus builder template
• Classroom activities
• Quizzes and reviews questions (with answers)
• Test Bank of Exam style questions
• Detailed course outlines include:
  • suggested time block
  • activity and objective
  • slides used
  • guide pages covered
  • lecture notes.

Instructor’s resources are available for registered ManageFirst™  instructors.  To register or access instructor materials please visit:  Download Instructor’s Resources

Note: If you will be instructing the ServSafe® Food Safety or ServSafe Alcohol® courses, there are separate instructor registration procedures for these programs.

Table of Contents

This package contains:
•   National Restaurant Association, ManageFirst: Controlling Foodservice Costs with Pencil/Paper Exam (2007)
•   NRA Solutions, Test Prep ManageFirst Controlling FoodService Costs (2009)

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