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Discussion: Chapter 12
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Josselyn Carballo Mendoza
When staffers move around the workplace, it can have a side effect on their safety and ability to work effectively as a team. Limiting workers’ movement can reduce the risk of workplace casualties and injuries. Hudson and Booth stated that “Employees in a kitchen, an office, or a clinic should not have to compete at intersections. Nor should customers in a cafeteria or a clinic have to deal with traffic congestion to get the desired product or service. Because it is not practical to install mechanical traffic controls, it is useful to construct the “roads” through a facility with as few intersections as possible”(399). Having a good organization, structure, and personnel in the work area will facilitate the flow of work and will be able to meet the objectives of the company. Movement is essential in work areas because they can help each other complete tasks, but designating areas for people also helps the environment not be overwhelming for a single person, it creates a balance between safety and teamwork, and it is more likely that there are no risks of injuries because they will be in their assigned area. According to the same authors mentioned above “it is clear that the arrangement of the physical facility is crucial to the movement of people and products. The ease with which the movement takes place has a major effect on the actual process of work. The internal design of the facility, or changes to an existing design, are usually the responsibility of the manager”(401). This means that when the physical facilities are well organized, it will be easier for the staff to do their work and at the same time secure so that everything moves in coordination without interruptions or delays. Because if they all intersect with each other as we saw in the example in the book, it is possible that there will be chaos and will delay the employees from doing their work and it will create a stressful and inefficient environment in production. It is the reason why the design process is important to facilitate the movement of people, work, and products between space and time.
Work Cited
Hodson, Nancy, and Patricia Booth. Management Practice in Dietetics. Cognella, 2022.
Geejay Coloma
Working in a big organization needs to be organized. It should always be the slightest amount of trial and error, so a manager needs to plan what could be done by that day and anticipate what could be happening in the process so the workflow will be smooth. As the book says that “The way in which people and products move through a workplace.” (Hudson & Booth,2022, p.404) to make the workflow exert from the start an excellent example to follow by the next worker so it won’t confuse the next worker to continue the work of other so that the workflow will continuously consistent from the start until it reaches the end of production also get the target time to serve the product. Moreover, when it comes to the kitchen organization, the worker will be able to work the task given to them in a safe working space especially handling the food that the worker will be serving to the customer. They are designated areas for the placement of ingredients to limit food contamination. There is an area for food prep, so everything should be in place and restrain going back from the start or eliminate cross traffic, but if it occurs like the book says, “If it is not possible to eliminate the source of congestion, the problem can be addressed through process design. This can be likened to traffic lights and stop signs used to control traffic on roadways.” (Hudson & Booth,2022, p.407), so everything that is in place in a kitchen and so some things that could potentially risk the worker should be redesigned and reorganized the site so the workflow will strive and be perpetual for everyone.
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