InKM Consultancy organizational learning and leadership experts have a catalog of seminars and training that will introduce your organizational members and stakeholders to the knowledge and skills needed to become a learning organization and to improve your leadership’s capabilities.

In addition to the training offered through our Center for Organizational Learning and Leadership, we offer customized training and seminars that support our services provided through our Center for Organizational Assessment and Research and Center for Transformation and Innovation.

For requests for customized training that we can deliver on-site in your organization, please contact us for further information.

Applied Social Science Research

InKM Consultancy researchers and subject-matter experts are proficient in applied social science research, including the design and execution of data collection, analysis, and reporting that is tailored to your organization’s need for data and answers to research questions. We have the expertise to design and conduct needs assessments, client satisfaction surveys, focus groups, community surveys, and policy research.

Our team provides all phases of analytic services, including:

• Development of research design, such as surveys, experimental and quasi-experimental designs, field studies, content analysis of documents and records, observational designs, and focus groups.
• Specification of sampling procedure, if necessary, ranging from complex stratified random sampling procedures, systematic sampling, convenience sampling, and snowball sampling.
• Identification or development of research instruments, including structured survey instruments with closed- and open-ended questions, focused interview schedules, observational instruments, and rubrics for the analysis of documents and records. This phase identifies existing instruments, as well as develops and pre-tests instruments tailored to a specific research project.
• Collection of data, as specified in the research design, which may include various methods to collect data, such as distribution of survey instruments via mail and electronic Web surveys, face-to-face interviews, phone interviews, focus groups, observation, and document review.
• Coding and data entry, as necessary, using various analysis software for quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Analysis of data, as required by the type of data, which may include quantitative and qualitative data analytic techniques, as well as univariate and multivariate statistical analysis.
• Writing of reports in a format appropriate for the audience, using a variety of communication approaches, such as narrative and associated charts, graphs, tables, and executive summaries that highlight the research findings.
• Discussion of recommendations, where the implications of research findings for policy and practice are incorporated into the final report, as well as in any briefings about research results.

Evaluation of educational and human service programs

InKM Consultancy professionals have extensive experience in the evaluation of educational and human service programs, including process, outcome, and impact assessments. We will tailor our evaluation to the needs of your organization and stakeholders. Our team of evaluation experts can work with your organization to:

• Provide developmental and real-time evaluations;
• Develop and use logic models to understand your program's theory of change;
• Engage in a participatory evaluation process;
• Conduct evaluability assessments;
• Encourage empowerment evaluations;
• Provide developmental evaluations;
• Assist in building evaluation capacity;
• Provide training and technical assistance on performance assessment systems.

As well, InKM Consultancy offers an innovative conceptualization and set of methodological tools that can enhance many of the established evaluation approaches.

Consultancy and contract research

Our academic experts or researchers can undertake major projects for larger companies. With expertise in a number of areas and access to cutting-edge facilities, our technical consultancy services can help you make the best use of the latest technology.

Collaborative research

Collaborative research involves different partners coming together to pool their expertise and the outputs can often make a significant impact on the wider community.

PhD/masters studentships

Our advisors can help arrange sponsored studentships, where your company gets the prestige and recognition of sponsoring an outstanding student and benefiting from the results of the work