APT's 360Metrics System Wins HUMAN RESOURCE EXECUTIVE's 'Top Products' Award.Business Editors DARIEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001 Out of a record number of new-product submissions, HUMAN RESOURCE EXECUTIVE magazine has selected Applied Psychological Techniques, Inc.'s (APT (Automatic Programmed Tools) A high-level programming language used to generate instructions for numerical control machines. 1. (language) APT - Automatically Programmed Tools. 2. (company) APT - Audio Processing Technology. ), 360Metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. (SM) system as one of the "Ten Best HR Products of 2001." 360Metrics, APT's Web-based, multi-source feedback system, is designed to enhance an organization's productivity and bottom-line results. 360Metrics delivers a comprehensive process for conducting 360-degree assessments customized to fit any position and any job. Based on a unique design concept and platform, 360Metrics helps organizations improve competitive performance and productivity in the workplace, maintain a legally defensible de·fen·si·ble adj. Capable of being defended, protected, or justified: defensible arguments. de·fen foundation for employee assessment, reduce costs and, ultimately, increase corporate revenues. "We are very pleased by HUMAN RESOURCE EXECUTIVE's award acknowledging the years of research APT has devoted to 360Metrics," said Dr. John C. Scott, Vice President and Co-founder of APT. "It is the first online tool that allows corporations to have comprehensive, job-specific 360-degree feedback on every employee, while providing a solid platform for development and performance management processes." Dr. Scott added, "What distinguishes 360Metrics is its Job Modeling Tool(SM), which allows organizations to tailor assessments to each position and measure both the key responsibility areas and competencies associated with that position." HUMAN RESOURCE EXECUTIVE's Top Products Contest Each year, editors of HUMAN RESOURCE EXECUTIVE evaluate hundreds of new HR products for their audience of 60,000 senior-level HR executives. APT's 360Metrics, as well as nine other award winners, will be featured in Human Resource Executive's December 2001 issue. About APT APT was founded in 1995 by industrial/organizational psychologists This list includes notable psychologists and contributors to psychology, some of whom may not have thought of themselves primarily as psychologists but are included here because of their important contributions to the discipline. with the mission of assessing client needs and providing practical, efficient solutions to their HR challenges using techniques grounded in sound measurement principles. APT is a full-service HR consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a with offices in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Seattle and Atlanta metropolitan areas The Atlanta metropolitan area, commonly referred to as metro Atlanta in Georgia, is the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States and consists of up to 28 counties in Georgia. . In addition to 360Metrics, APT's customer-focused solutions include consultative services in the areas of staffing for reorganizations, mergers and reductions in force; assessment and selection; litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. support; performance management; organizational development; surveys; and training design and delivery. APT's services and products are featured on its Web site at www.appliedpsych.com. 360Metrics and Job Modeling Tool are service marks of Applied Psychological Techniques, Inc. |
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