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South Georgia Institute

Ongoing Projects

  • Development and publication of the quarterly South Georgia Regional Economic Forecast. This forecast is subdivided by geographic area and regional economic base.
  • Collection of cost of living data for the ACCRA Cost of Living Survey, a quarterly national comparison of areas' costs. Assistance is available to expand this project to communities not eligible to participate on a national basis.
  • Analysis of problems to specific educational deficiencies in the workforce and development of programs to correct those deficiencies.
  • Consulting, training, and other services are available though the South Georgia Institute on a negotiated fee basis, consistent with the complexity and duration of services provided. Quotations will be provided after a consultation to discuss the specific needs of organizations.

Consulting services are available in the following categories:

Activity Based Costing; Area Economic Analysis; Area Economic Impact Studies; Consumer Research; Customer/Client Surveying; Customer Service Investigations; Design of Service Investigations; Design of Service Delivery Systems; Development or Revisions of Compensation Systems; Development or Revisions of Performance Appraisal Systems; Discipline Systems; Economic Forecasts; Employee Attitude Surveys; Equal opportunity and Other Human Resource Problems; Establishing and Facilitating: Employee Participation Programs and Processes; Group or Committee Processes; Team Building; Evaluation of Program Effectiveness; Facilitation of Negotiations or Program Implementation; Financial Analysis; Financial Management; Heath Care Marketing; Implementing Plans or Programs; Importing and Exporting Procedures; International Marketing; Job Analysis; Job Evaluation; Job Redesign and Job Enrichment; Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems; Marketing Plans; Marketing Services; Marketing Strategic Planning; Master Production Scheduling; Organizational Behavior Modification; Preparation of Business Plans; Preparation of Mission Statements; Production Costs; Promotional Planning; Public Relations; Public Sector Economic Analysis; Restructuring the Organization; Sales Forecasting Models; Strategic Planning; U.S. Customs Procedures

Computer/Information Systems Assistance is available in the following areas:

Business and Financial Computer Application Programming and Modeling; Computer Purchase Decisions; Computer System Installation Decisions; Design, Development, and Installation of: Single-User Systems for Production and Service Operations; Networked Systems for Production and Service Operations; Troubleshooting Computer Systems

Assistance in Establishing or Enhancing Quality Management Programs is available in the following areas:

Design of Experiments; Establishing and Facilitating Employee Teams; Statistical Process Control; Statistical Techniques; Total Quality Management

Training Programs are available for the following areas:

Basic Writing Skills for Employees; Budget Management; Business and Technical Writing; Business Ethics; Business Law; Customer Relations; Customer Service; Decision making and Problem Solving; Development of Adults with Literacy Disabilities; Development of Literacy Tutors; Discipline; Employee Motivation; Equal Employment Opportunity; Industry Specific Educational Programs; Leadership Skills and Techniques; Legal Aspects of Domestic and International Business Relations; Managing Change; Managing Groups; Managing Organizational Diversity; Managing People; Organizational Change and Development; Organizational Communication; Personnel Selection and Development; Preventing and Dealing with Sexual Harassment; Supervisory Development (Introductory and Advanced); Supervisory Roles and Skills; Worker Compensation

For additional information, please contact:

The South Georgia Institute
Room 226 Pound Hall
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia 31698-0066
Telephone: 229-245-3774
Fax: 229-245-2248