Advanced Consulting, Inc. to Merge with Raymond Karsan Associates, an Inc. 500 Human Resources Company.WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1997-- Raymond Karsan Associates and Advanced Consulting, Incorporated (ACI ACI American Concrete Institute ACI Arch Coal Inc ACI Airports Council International (formerly Airport Associations Coordinating Council) ACI Automobile Club d'Italia ACI American Competitiveness Initiative ) have announced a merger of the two companies, creating one of the worlds largest providers of integrated human resource systems. Already an industry leader in areas that include assessment, recruiting, and performance management, Raymond Karsan recognizes on-line learning as one of the fastest growing segments of the human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. industry. With ACI, a nationally-recognized and award-winning multimedia training developer, Raymond Karsan can expand their services through this powerful new medium. 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. Raymond Karsan co-founder Rudy Karsan, "ACI makes a crucial contribution toward our company vision, which is to provide our clients with the ability to recruit top people, train them, assess their growth and needs, and keep them satisfied. On-line learning is the most effective medium that I know of for these purposes. ACI will help us train top people, improve their performance, and ultimately, to keep them happy as well." ACI founder and president Kevin Kruse agrees that there will be strong synergy between the two companies. Says Kruse, "With Raymond Karsan, we can now offer our clients a complete solution to their training and HR needs, including measurement of 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 , assessment of individual competencies, development of specific training interventions, and ongoing student tracking. With our combined expertise in information technology we intend to take advantage of the growing number of corporate intranets to create integrated HR and training systems that ultimately save our clients time and money." About ACI Advanced Consulting, Incorporated is a nationally recognized multimedia and web-based training developer. The company's custom computer-based training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." (CBT (Computer-Based Training) Using the computer for training and instruction. CBT programs are called "courseware" and provide interactive training sessions for all disciplines. ) and intranet-based training is consistently recognized by major training organizations; in fact, ACI created the only multimedia training course to win both the International Society of Performance Improvement's Award of Excellence and the American Society for Training and Development's Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize for Instructional Technology There are two types of instructional technology: those with a systems approach, and those focusing on sensory technologies. The definition of instructional technology prepared by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Definitions and Terminology . Using a broad range of authoring tools on a variety of operating systems, ACI partners with its clients to produce not only training courseware but a coherent on-line training implementation strategy. The company specializes in helping clients assess their training and other intranet communication needs, develop training software, develop in-house multimedia expertise, and gain buy-in from end-users. Some of ACI's better-known clients include Merrill Lynch, American Express, Lucent Technologies, Johnson & Johnson, SmithKline Beecham, Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , and Prudential Insurance, among many others. About Raymond Karsan Associates Raymond Karsan Associates is the fastest-growing comprehensive solutions provider in the human resources industry. Selected as an Inc. 500 company for the past two years, Raymond Karsan has 22 offices throughout the United States and projected 1997 revenue of $50 million. Raymond Karsan provides expertise in a wide variety of areas, including organizational planning, change management, competency benchmarking, compensation practices, recruiting, hiring, outsourcing, new hire assimilation and training, performance management, performance improvement, employee satisfaction, employee career development, human resource information management systems, and information technology solutions. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Raymond Karsan partners with clients around the world across many different industries. For more information please contact Andrea Tucci at 732-424-1785. CONTACT: Andrea Tucci ACI/Raymond Karsan phone: (732) 424-1785 |
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