Human Resources, Management, and Organizational Development Consulting Services

Applied Field and Organizational Research.  Our professionals offer expertise in experimental and quasi-experimental research design for analysis of social policy, program evaluation, and data-based improvement initiatives.  We have extensive experience in interviewing of stakeholders and subject matter experts, focus group facilitation, survey design and analysis, and other forms of data collection for quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Leadership and Management Development.  We have worked with many public and private sector organizations to analyze and improve leadership skills for executives and managers.  We tailor our techniques to the specific needs of the organization and clientele, including analyses of the organization's future needs, critical competencies, and structured developmental planning.

Change and Process Facilitation.  We bring extensive experience in the guidance and facilitation of organizational change, including strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, capacity analysis, employee involvement, quality improvement, and management development.

Stakeholder Perceptions.  We offer expertise in measuring public perceptions and reactions to services and programs.  We apply practical techniques for identifying, analyzing, and improving processes that link to public services.

Psychometric Skills.We offer the ability to custom-design instruments to measure psychological constructs of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and opinions for applied, action-oriented research.  We offer both quantitative and qualitative approaches to occupational and job analysis, and comprehesive research programs for test validation.

DID YOU KNOW?

Advent Consulting Associates also offers professional support for major research initiatives conducted by - or on behalf of - public and non-profit agencies.  Our research clientele have included the California Air Resources Board, the California Energy Commission, and the US Census Bureau to name only a few.

Our expertise includes the following:

• Research design and project management
• Program and policy evaluation
• Survey design, analysis, and feedback
• Job analysis and competency modeling
• Technical writing 
• Test validation and Angoff analysis of cutting points
• Interviews and focus group facilitation
• 360-degree assessment and feedback
• Univariate and multivariate statistical analysis 
• Statistical process control
• Business process mapping, analysis, and re-engineering
• Cost-benefit analysis

Our professional staff members include graduates from accredited doctoral programs in industrial and organizational psychology. We can help ensure all of our clients' psychometric validation efforts adhere to stringent professional guidelines and standards.

If your organization is seeking help with research methodology, please feel free to contact us for more information on our services.