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NRA Solutions,  ManageFirst: Restaurant Marketing with Pencil/Paper Exam and Test Prep

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Appropriate for Restaurant Marketing courses within Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management departments.

A brief competency guide which is focused on Restaurant Marketing.  Designed to support a core textbook and provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Culinary Arts and Foodservice industry.

Introducing the ManageFirst Program^TM from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF).   This new management training certification program is based on a set of competencies defined by the restaurant, foodservice and hospitality industry as those needed for success.   This competency-based program includes 12 topics, each with a competency guide, exam, instructor resources and certificate.  Students earn a certification for each exam passed.  The topics and exams are aligned to typical on-campus courses.

This competency guide includes a PENCIL/PAPER version of the examination sheet.   On-line testing is also available.

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

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

Chapter 1     Factors That Impact Menu Item Selection

·        Marketing Environment

·        Selecting Menu Items

·        Changing a Menu

·        Internal Operational Concerns When Choosing New Items

·        Factors Influencing Food Selection

·        Sources of Nutritional Components on the Menu

·        Nutritional Information for Customers

·        Nutritional Cooking Methods

·        Types of Vegetarian Diets

·        Addressing Food Allergies

·        Purposes of the Menu

·        Relationship of Menu Design to Marketing

·        Menu Psychology

·        Menu Layout and Design Principles

·        Use of Price in Strategic Marketing

·        Impact of External Environment on Prices

·        Pricing Strategies

·        Pricing and Gross Profit Margin

·        Pricing Methods

·        Employee Meal Pricing

·        Alcoholic Beverages in Restaurants

·        Merchandising Wine

·        Merchandising Spirits

·        Merchandising Beer and Ales

·        Pricing Alcoholic Beverages

Chapter 6        Menu Item Sales Performance Analysis

·        Sales Evaluation Measures

·        Popularity Evaluation Measures

·        Profitability Evaluation Measures

·        Other Measures Used to Evaluate Menus

Chapter 7        Menu Sales Mix Analysis

·        Purposes of Sales Mix Analysis

·        Performing a Sales Mix Analysis

·        Changing the Menu Based on Analysis

Field Project  

Index

Courses

Restaurant Marketing  (Culinary Arts)
Hospitality Sales and Marketing  (Hospitality)
Hospitality Marketing  (Hospitality)

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National Restaurant Association
©2008  |  Prentice Hall  |  Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 192 pp  |  Instock
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National Restaurant Association
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  Appropriate for Restaurant Marketing courses within Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management departments.

   

  NEW! Exam Prep Guides for The ManageFirst Program - An exam prep guide is available for each one of the ten ManageFirst titles. 

   

  Contents Include:

  • Test taking strategies
  • Practice exam questions written to the NRAEF test item writing guidelines
  • Explanations for answers with remediation to the competency guides
  • Glossary of key terms  

  A brief competency guide which is focused on Restaurant Marketing.  Designed to support a core textbook and provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Culinary Arts and Foodservice industry.

   

  Introducing the ManageFirst Program^TM from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF).   This new management training certification program is based on a set of competencies defined by the restaurant, foodservice and hospitality industry as those needed for success.   This competency-based program includes 12 topics, each with a competency guide, exam, instructor resources and certificate.  Students earn a certification for each exam passed.  The topics and exams are aligned to typical on-campus courses.

   

  This competency guide includes a PENCIL/PAPER version of the examination sheet.   NRAEF ManageFirst: Restaurant Marketing w/ On-line Testing Access Code Card is also available.

   

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

   

  If you are interesting in purchasing managefirst for your organization and you are NOT affiliated with a school or university, please email managefirst@pearson.com so we can have someone from our business and industry group contact you directly.

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