AMA Launches New Customer-Driven Assessment Tool.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 a3 Streamlines Assessment Process; Empowers Managers to Achieve Organizational Success At the American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Society for Training and Development (ASTD ASTD American Society for Training and Development ASTD American Society of Training and Development (Alexandria, Virginia) ASTD Air-Sea Temperature Difference ASTD Air Supported Threat Defense ) Conference, the American Management Association (AMA (Automatic Message Accounting) The recording and reporting of telephone calls within a telephone system. It includes the calling and called parties and start and stop times of the call. ) launched AMA Alignment Assessment (a3). This fast-paced Adj. 1. fast-paced - of communication that proceeds rapidly; "a fast-paced talker"; "fast-paced fiction" fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" customized assessment tool allows organizations to evaluate their staffing and structure to manage today's changing workforce in as little as 25 days. "Today's organizations are in a constant state of flux Noun 1. state of flux - a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor" flux , from implementing new technologies to making mergers and acquisitions, managers need to know their employees' capabilities so they can be better aligned to compete in their respective industries and sectors. AMA's a3 allows companies to decide what their individual assessment needs are without any bias from a vendor, saving them time and money," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bob Fraulo, senior vice president of Corporate Learning Services, for AMA. This assessment tool allows organizations and government agencies to evaluate themselves through three separate lenses, including: 1) Strategic Excellence, which measures how organizations have planned to meet their customers' changing needs; 2) Organization Readiness, which evaluates internal employee support for the overall corporate strategy; and 3) Value Chain Advantage, which analyzes organizational effectiveness Organizational effectiveness is the concept of how effective an organization is in achieving the outcomes the organization intends to produce. The idea of organizational effectiveness is especially important for non-profit organizations as most people who donate money to non-profit .
These variables are then examined through a four-stage process:
- Stage One: AMA assessment team meets with an organization's top
management team for an initial consultation.
- Stage Two: AMA provides a comprehensive, intranet-driven
questionnaire to every member (or selected segments) of the
organization.
- Stage Three: AMA gathers the information and graphically displays
and presents it to the management team.
- Stage Four: AMA presents an analysis and review of the data to the
management team, providing direct insight into how they can better
align and prepare their organization for change.
"The implementation of a3 results in recommendations that empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems managers to make important staffing, training and structural decisions that lead to a healthier organization, aligned and equipped to exceed customer expectations," said Jon Goldstein Gold·stein , Joseph Leonard Born 1940. American biochemist. He shared a 1985 Nobel Prize for discoveries related to cholesterol metabolism. , director of Assessment and Learning Solutions, for AMA. The American Management Association is the world's leading membership-based management development organization. AMA offers a full range of business education and management development programs for individuals and organizations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Through a variety of seminars and conferences, assessments and customized learning solutions, publications and on-line resources, more than 700,000 AMA members and customers a year learn superior business skills and best management practices from a faculty of top practitioners. Those interested in program information or membership can visit the AMA Web site at www.amanet.org. |
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