The Many Benefits of Our Products

At K. A Parker & Associates we design and implement process models, competency testing and improvement, training, and training delivery systems. Listed below are some of our product benefits.

Enterprise Development
This is an overall product, mainly for small to medium sized businesses. The objective of this product is to create a business plan and coach entrepreneurial individuals.

Develop or Review Enterprise Process Modeling
Enterprise Business Process Model is a comprehensive discussion with affected individuals to determine and engineer or reengineer “problem” processes, “opportunity” processes or the entire enterprise. This is usually done on a recurring cycle at the customer’s discretion. This product has a process modeling training capability option, if needed, which enables the customer to be self-sufficient.

Benefits -- Can substantially reduce costs, improve delivery and new product delivery times and improve customer satisfaction.

• Develop or Review Information Needs Analysis

Benefits -- The capability to match current projects with targeted processes can drastically reduce project expenditures in an IT organization.

Develop or Review Employee Position Descriptions

Match position descriptions to competency outcomes per existing documentation. The capability to develop employee position descriptions is optional. Both products include consistency audits to insure a match with organizational objectives or goals.

Benefits ­ Matching tasks with business objectives reduces mismatched employee efforts and talents.

Develop or Review Core Competencies

Create or review a core competency program that aligns with position description and business objectives.

Benefits -- Identifying a core competency skill set reduces unnecessary training.

Create Training Gap Analysis>
Administer a customized development survey to determine individual training needs. Survey results are matched with the core competencies from the position descriptions to determine development needs.

Benefits -- Identifying training gaps reduces unnecessary attendees.

Create an Individual Development Plan
As an outgrowth of the gap analysis, individualized training plans can then be determined. An added benefit of these plans is use as a motivational tool through individual career development path.

Benefits -- used as a motivational tool, it gives direction to individual career paths.

Develop a Targeted Training Plan
With the gap analysis and the individual development plans, a summarized, comprehensive plan for training can be determined. This plan would include:

• New courses to fit core competencies not covered by traditional training companies.
• Courses that fit the core competencies with modifications to remove subjects or items not necessary to meet business objectives.
• Merged courses to maximize the training time and investment.

This also serves as a document for manager/employee discussion.

Benefits -- By creating a cohesive training plan, it allows dollars and time to be allocated or budgeted over a two or more year time frame. It also allows for better allocation of dollars by contracting for on-site training or getting group discounts.

Create Targeted Training Material
Based on targeted training plan, create material or work with traditional training companies to generate material that meets the organizational objectives.

Benefits -- This allows for more efficient training.

Deliver or Contract Targeted Training
If necessary, provide training resources to conduct the targeted training when it falls outside either the organizational training capabilities or a traditional training organization.

Benefits -- There may be a need to develop an occasional course to meet the odd need which is specific to the organization. Employees of the organization, properly trained to deliver a needed course, could meet this.

Create Targeted Position Certification
For many years, considered a quagmire, position certification can be focused on performance- based criteria, rather than the fact based approach that has caused most of the issues.

Benefits -- Provides achievement documentation and creates a resource pool for mentoring (see above and mentoring below).

Create Mentorship Program
Once position core competencies, targeted training and certification are accomplished, this leads to a plan for mentoring. The mentoring process has unique features, when combined into a structured process that engages employee talent, accomplishing organizational objectives in a motivational and effective manner.

Benefits -- Employee motivation and relevant and practical training while utilizing internal resources.

Create a Hiring Guide Model A direct outcome of the above capabilities leads to a hiring guide that improves the effective employment of new hires through targeted questions and manager awareness.

Benefits -- Reduces the cost of rehiring inappropriate staff.