Cafeteria Case Studies Samples For Students

A local health department epidemiologist investigated an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness thought to be associated with a college cafeteria. There were many complaints about the quality of the cafeteria’s offerings, and it appeared that the student’s worst expectations were confirmed when several students visited the college’s infirmary during the middle of the night and the following day complaining of nausea, diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and cramps. The health department’s investigation revealed that 24 students had eaten in the cafeteria and the development of active symptoms ranged from 24-36 hours. A list of foods eaten, the number of ...

Introduction

The situation is getting out of control at Good Health Hospital (Tampa Bay) since the outbreak of Escherichia coli, a specie of bacteria that can be found in many daily items. The incident involved Ward 10, which is located in the second floor. A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that the investigation of the bacterial source must begin with the hospital kitchen as the bacterium can be transmitted through contaminated vegetables and delicatessen meats (e.g. salami and other cold cuts). The Epidemiological Summary provides a brief description of the data obtained.
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While noticing university students in a cafeteria for about 2 hours, a number of different behaviors were figured out. The cafeteria had a separate corner where the food was being served by four men who were attending to student requirements in a quite fast paced fashion. There were approximately 12-15 benches and tables at the right of this place where the corridor was crowded at several different points during the observation period. At one corner of the corridor, there was a banner reading out ‘November Elections 2013’. It had a table and two chairs in front of it. That particular spot was surrounded by markers, ...

Creating change in any organization might seem like an insurmountable task given that human beings are usually resistant to change. But is that really true? A lot of employees, as normal workers, in middle and upper management actually embrace change if only they can be convinced of its validity and the manner in which it affects their best interests in a positive manner. No one likes to change anything that seems to working perfectly, right?
That's what the employees of the bottled mineral-water company Perrier have been struggling to cope with for a number of years after the organization ...

There has been a bomb that apparently blew Boston’s subway Southern Station and created chaos, injuries and even deaths to be sustained by people within the area. Gerald Smarten, the CEO of Kaspa Financial Services was therefore currently faced with a dilemma on whether he would concede to the police contact of Paul Schlesinger, the organization’s chief of security, that their office could potentially be used as a triage center and a temporary morgue; or decline. Specifically, the question that needs to be answered is: How should Gerald Smarten balance the needs of Kaspa and the community?

Company’s History and Growth

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Facts and Background

This case is about the internal circumstances at Concord Machines, a manufacturer whose product lines has fallen short of being lucrative and is now being saved by the company’s services department. The case is fundamentally about three critical people in the company, the company President CEO Jay Nguyen, the senior vice president and general manager for the services department, Robert “Bob” Dunn, and Vice President for Knowledge Management Annette Innella. Here are short descriptions of the three:
- Jay Nguyen – is the president and CEO of Concord Machines. His long-term vision for the company centers on finding a way ...

The Columbine High School experienced a horrific turn of events on the 20^th of April 1999. Two of its students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were on a mission that led to the death of 12 students and one teacher. The two teenagers had been planning for this massacre for quite some time. They been collecting guns, ammunitions as well as bomb components that they would use on the day of 20^th April. It is said that they had even created a website which they posted blogs with statements that pinpointed several individual likely to be ...