A BRIEF SYNOPSIS
Caribbean Applied Technology Centre (CATC) Limited is a full service Jamaican consulting firm providing services to governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, development institutions, the non-government sector and firms in Jamaica, throughout the Caribbean and beyond.
CATC was incorporated in March 1984 under the Jamaican Companies Act as a private company limited by shares. The company started life as a wholly owned subsidiary of Inter North Inc; an oil and gas conglomerate based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America. In the ensuing years, ownership of the firm has been Caribbeanized with the principal shareholder being Dr. Henley Morgan, a Jamaican and Caribbean Professional with a track record of excellent service provision in the field of management consultancy.
- - CATC provides technical services to the private and public sectors in varied areas of specialization.
- - The firms range of managerial and technical expertise is provided by a core of highly qualified full time and a select number of associate consultants.
- - Each member of the multi-disciplinary team of consultants has at least a masters degree or its equivalent.
- - Each member of the team of consultants has over ten years experience in his/her main area of specialization.
- - The expertise of CATC’s professionals is supported by computers, modern telecommunication technology and highly trained back up personnel.
CATC and its affiliate, Global Managemnet Services (GMS) Limited, are world class service providers in the competitive field of management consultancy.
● Vision and Mission Statements
Global competition and the increasing complexities brought on by rapid market and technological change have created major challenges for organizations in all sectors. Far sighted executives convinced of the wisdom in “holding on to the old as long it is good and grabbing hold of the new as soon as it is better”, are always on the look-out for service providers who can help them train their people, develop their products, expand their markets, increase the quality of their service and implement their strategies.
It is with a full appreciation for the emerging realities of a new global dispensation that the company has fashioned a vision and mission that will push it towards not only being the best but helping client firms to be the best.
“Our vision is to be the management consulting firm of choice by best practicing what we preach”
● Thoughts emanating from the vision statement:
- CATC is committed toward being the standard against which other management consulting firms are measured; the number one choice for firms and organizations seeking world class quality in management consulting services.
- However, CATC understands that market leadership is not guaranteed. Success has to be earned.
- Because the nature of our business is to assist clients in improving their internal performance and external competitiveness, it seems only prudent that we should practice what we preach.
- By practicing what we preach (employee motivation, effective systems and procedures, value added processes etc.); by doing this with a higher degree of commitment and consistency than any of our competitors, the company will achieve a competitive advantage.
- By adopting this approach, both the internal and external customer will be satisfied; thus earning the company the rating it merits.
“Our mission is to measurably improve the performance and competitiveness of our clients through the application of innovative management ideas and solutions”
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