本研究旨在檢視我國餐旅教育的發展模式、未來趨勢與課程實施等項，藉由生命力概念之分析，省思我國餐旅教育之未來發展方向。生命力指標係依據生命系統理論（LST）所建構出的組織診斷方法，是生命體活力之表現，由生命個體之各個次系統交互作用之總合表現，透過此一方法的衡量，有助於處於組織內部和外部的研究者釐清組織的現狀，並能類似醫師檢測個體方式，找出組織績效不彰之問題所在，進而協助組織改善經營績效和事業本體。本研究以北部某餐旅管理系為研究對象，運用生命力測量指標，尋求出國內餐旅教育最適性之策進方向。 This study aims at reviewing the development model, future trend and curriculum implementation of hospitality education in Taiwan and reflecting its direction of future development by analyzing with the concept of vitality. Vitality index is an organization diagnosis approach constructed on the basis of Living System Theory (LST). It is the representation of life body's energy, displayed in integration by the interaction among sub-systems of a life body. The measurement by this approach can facilitate researchers in or out of an organization to clarify the existing condition of the organization and to find out the problems causing insufficient organizational performance by the method similar to physician’s examining of human bodies, and further help the organization to improve business performance and the business itself. This study took a department of hospitality management in northern Taiwan as research object, utilizing vitality measurement index to seek out the optimal development direction of hospitality education in Taiwan.
