Strategic alignment

Strategic alignment is the process and the result of linking organizational groups together through organizational objectives and the people and projects accountable to achieve them. Strategy alignment is the realization of achieving business strategy through people and project contribution. This definition expresses a broad view of strategic alignment inclusive of alignment between organizations within a company or between companies.

References

United States Office of Personnel Management's overview of strategic alignment in the context of human capital management

ARMA International's discussion of strategic alignment in the context of records and information management, July/August 2007

Articles on strategic alignment provided by Resource Management Systems, Inc.

Strategy 101: It's All About Alignment, Forbes, October 16, 2012

Strategic alignment of business processes, E. D. Morrison, A. K. Ghose, H. K. Dam, K. G. Hinge, K. Hoesch-Klohe, University of Wollongong, December 5, 2011

Strategic Alignment Pyramid, YouTube video by Victor Holman, July 30, 2011

[http://www.knowledgecompanyinc.com/images/The_Case_for_Strategic_Alignment_-_vC010106.pdf The Case for Strategic Alignment[, white paper by The Knowledge Compass, Inc.