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SS1 Third Term Food and Nutrition Lesson Note – Time and Energy Management in Food Preparation

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WEEK 9

TOPIC: Time and energy management in food preparation

Meaning of time and energy management
Tasks that require time and energy management
Importance of time and energy management
Guidelines on time and energy management

SUBTOPIC 1: Meaning of time and energy management, Tasks that require time and energy management

Time and energy are the resources used by men to accomplish tasks. The management of these two resources is necessary in food preparation in order to accomplish more tasks at a given time and also reduce the amount of time/energy spent on a given task

Meaning of Time management

This is a set of principles, practices and skills used by a home-maker to half accomplish a given task within a given time. When time management is learn, it helps to manage time effectively and make the most use of it. Time is a resource that cannot be stored or saved. Any misuse time cannot be retrieved in order words, time is finite, and there are 24hours in a day none of which can be reclaimed. Time can be compared to a flowing stream that passes without stopping.

Energy management: this will be viewed as human energy management. Human energy management is the technique applied by a home-maker in order to manage and control ones level of personal energy. Unlike time management, it can be stored or save. Human energy is within an individual and cannot be bought as each individual is endowed with it. Human energy is our currency for life because without it, we cannot perform or enjoy doing much, so many people feel tired, over-whelmed and unfulfilled in their ever-increasing busy lives while so many people gain more time and more energy.

TASKS THAT REQUIRE TIME AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT.

Time and energy may be wasted if labour is not properly planned. As quantum physicist would attest, or simply put, when you manage energy, you are in fact, managing time. Every task to be performed requires time and energy management. In food preparation, tasks involved are;