Strategic alignment
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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
The Case for Strategic Alignment, white paper by The Knowledge Compass, Inc.