David L. MacQuarrie LLC

We can identify fresh perspectives of a situation through assessment techniques to assist in the development of improvement processes or plans. Our frugal size allows: personal service that is immune to undesirable influences, allows maneuverability and agility, and with a network of expert alliances.

Assessments tend be an objective and reliable option to fulfill the many needs of a company or organization. Some of the practical uses for assessment skills includes:

• Needs assessment: to either discover the depth of need, changes of need, or components to initialize a program.
• Training & Development program assessment: using custom developed or existing models such as Kirkpatrick's or Guskey's. For instance Kirkpatrick's levels one and two could be evaluated to ensure learning is occurring.
• Personnel proficiency assessment: provides an individuals skill level. Assessments can be used for screening as well as proficiency decisions.
• Personnel fit: people's interactions are complex and requires various types of assessments to determine good fit. For instance a board may desire the that future members have the same beliefs as an existing team - so a custom screening assessment can be made.
• Assessment of a department or groups' skill level.

Research tools and processes often include assessment and can provide good decision making concerning:

• The development of personnel, program standards, as well as logic models effectively enables both the management of programs as well as the evaluation of programs.
• Evaluation of Training & Development using either custom developed programs or common programs such as Kirkpatrick's or Guskey's models. For instance Kirkpatrick's levels one through four can be evaluated to ensure a person's behavior contributes to a company's capacity.
• Evaluation of a department concerning productivity processes.
• Evaluation of an assessment can guide the assessment development as well as determine the fit for a given purpose.

Some solution projects are large and longterm. To accommodate a client's desire of being informed we utilize several special tools. These tools allow us to plan, implement, and report on a project's progress. A client or organization's leaders can access information from an airport terminal as easily as from the office. Additionally, we have the capacity to set up several customized web based processes including: discussion forums, project management, training & development, assessments, testing, surveys, and questionnaires.