Explicit Alignment

Meaning & Definition

Explicit alignment is a way to expressly represent and document how your employees’ goals, tasks, and accountability are aligned with those of the overall organization. Explicit alignment will also ensure employees understand how their jobs and performances relate to the company’s business-priority objectives, which helps all teams work together as a unit.

Importance of Explicit Alignment

• Conduct organizational objectives so that employees are able to clearly understand them.  
• Boosts team-to-team and department-to-department cooperation.  
• Increases the accountability of individuals as well as the clarity of their performance.  
• Assists with aligning employee performance to the corporate and business strategy.  
• Facilitates productive goal-setting and performance management.

Statutory & Policy Alignment 

Explicit statutory alignment has no link to specific statutory compliance. 

This is a method of internal management, and it is used in performance management, strategic planning, and organizational development.