Alignment

Meaning & Definition

Alignment is the connection between all elements of an organisation; its goals, values, processes, and the effort of employees. Alignment is important in the HR function because it allows the employee’s role, team objective, performance goal, and HR policy to all support the business strategy. Employees who are aligned will have a better understanding of the organisation’s priorities and will be able to devote their efforts to achieve set common goals more efficiently.

Importance of alignment:

• Contributes to ensuring employees’ efforts are aligned with the business’s shared objectives.
• Increases the clarity of roles, expectations, and priorities.
• Creating stronger alignment between HR Strategy and Business Strategy through improved performance management and goal setting.
• Creating uniformity of policies, processes, and culture between offices.

Compliance & Policy Considerations:

There is no direct statutory compliance requirement related to this term at all.

Alignment is usually achieved through:

• Company Vision, Mission and Values
• HR Policies and Performance Management Frameworks
• Governance and Leadership practices are in place inside the Company.