BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Alignment
- the process of building a corporate culture to achieve strategic goals
Wiktionary Definition for: Alignment
- an arrangement of items in a line
- the process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted
- an alliance of factions
- # astronomy the conjunction of two celestial objects
Additional Resources
- Alignment Matters - Improving Business Functions Using The Procurement Alignment Framework
- The procurement business function is increasingly recognized as strategic. An improvement approach of the procurement function is proposed using the Procurement Alignment Framework. The framework is based on the hypothesis that the performance of the procurement business function is positively related to: The single maturity of five business dimensions (strategy...
- White papers 2006-01-01
- The Effect of Strategic Alignment on the Use of IS-Based Resources for Competitive Advantage
- Persuasive evidence has described the strategic use of information resources in organizations. As a result, IS researchers have sought empirically to link that use to improved organizational performance. However, this alignment-performance relationship has been difficult to confirm. The current study contributes by distinguishing the alignment of the information systems plan...
- White papers 2000-07-21
- Workforce Alignment: Putting Human Capital Management at the Heart of Business Planning
- This paper provides a practical guide to the challenges and benefits of alignment. It begins by examining the tangible returns, examines the cultural implications, and then sets out the key elements that build into an effective alignment strategy. In the process, it explains why Human Capital Management HCM must be...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Strategic Alignment: A Performance Tool
- The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the alignment of IT with the strategy particularly the partnership strategy or cooperation practice and organizational structure of an Small Medium Enterprises SME could have a decisive influence on its performance. A multivariate perspective, modelled with structural equations, was used to...
- Tools & templates 2004-08-01
- OASIS Alignment Services.(People Update)(Appointments)(Brief Article)
- OASIS Alignment Services, Rochester, N.H., hires Joel Farnum as regional manager and Nancy Langworthy as account manager for the company's Midwest regional office in Appleton, Wis. Farnum manages all optical alignment and mechanical ... OASIS Alignment Services, Rochester, N.H., hires Joel Farnum as ...
- Research articles 2004-10-16
- Organizational Goal Alignment in Ten Easy Steps
- How aligned is your organization? Companies that manage goal alignment well boast significant productivity and profitability improvements. And while performance management technology can help provide the tools you need, it can't do all of the work for you. This white paper takes you through ten steps that can save time...
- White papers 2008-10-30
- Display speeds up alignment.(SPOTLIGHT On Wheel & Alignment Equipment)
- The Hunter 811 Alignment System now supports the wireless Microvision NOMAD[R] display application. The NOMAD[R] is comprised of a hands-free computer and head-worn visor that produces a see-through display, which allows technicians to view service i The Hunter 811 Alignment System now supports the wireless ...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- MicroRNA gene that regulates lifespan found by Yale scientists; An alignment between the C. elegans and human genes An alignment between the C. elegans and human genes; The C. elegans lin-4 gene is found in humans, conserved as human mir-125.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 December 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: MicroRNA gene that regulates lifespan found by Yale scientists; An alignment between the C. elegans and human genes An alignment between the C. elegans and human genes; The C. elegans lin-4 gene is found in humans, conserved as human mir-125C1994-2005 M2...
- Research articles 2005-12-23
- Two Gores Technology Group affiliates form strategic alignment - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-26 January 2000-Two Gores Technology Group affiliates form strategic alignment C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Artemis Management Systems and Aonix have formed a strategic alignment to meet the growing demand for project-driven application lifecycle management systems. Both companies are affiliates of the Gores Technology Group,...
- Research articles 2000-01-26
- Alignment: The Ultimate Best Practice?
- Without an effective alignment process, internal audit runs a growing risk of failing to meet the varied – and constantly changing – expectations of its key constituents. In the future, effective alignment of internal audit mission, people, skills and capabilities with diverse value drivers is likely to determine a company's...
- White papers 2001-01-01
- Top End Alignment - How to Build a Great Brand from the Ground Up
- A shared vision within an organization and strong brand communication are key factors in achieving optimum business results. A strong vision can help identify business's direction and purpose, build loyalty and involvement, and inspire enthusiasm and commitment. Effective branding and brand management can influence purchase and ownership experiences, create emotional...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Strategy Alignment Model: Principles for Enhancing Real Estate Planning Processes
- A strategic planning expert continues a series on the methodology for aligning corporate real estate strategy with core business requirements. The focus of the first installment is on the Content component, within which real estate actions are described in the context of five key building blocks of business strategy: Mission...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- Efficient Image Alignment With Outlier Rejection
- This white paper deals with the Image alignment as one of the most widely used techniques in computer vision. It involves the applications range from optical flow and tracking to layered motion, mosaic-ing, and face coding. A solution to these problems for example what happens if the template does not...
- White papers 2002-10-31
- Co-alignment between Environment Risk, Corporate Strategy, Capital Structure, and Firm Performance: An Empirical Investigation of Restaurant Firms
- The importance of testing the co-alignment model has been emphasized by several researchers in the past. This study is an attempt to test the model using theories in corporate finance and strategic management, which will also prove the commonalties that exist between these domains of business research. This will help...
- White papers 2002-05-02
- Interest Alignment Rents And Competitive Advantage
- This paper articulates a theory of the conditions under which the superior alignment of the interests of the individual with those of the firm generates economic rents (i.e. advantages over and above the costs necessary to generate them) as well as sustainable competitive advantage (i.e. economic rents resistant to competitive...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- The Power of Alignment: How the Right Tools Enhance Organizational Focus
- To be successful, corporate leaders must keep customer requirements, process improvement activities, and employees aligned with organizational goals, and monitor this alignment on a regular basis. Measurement software can make the challenge manageable. More than 30 years of Harvard Business School research has shown that aligned and integrated companies outperform...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Using The Balanced Scorecard To Achieve Sustained IT-Business Alignment
- High levels of investments in IT and related products and services by firms over the last several decades produced only mixed results. Research shows that one of the most significant determinants of successful IT investments is the alignment between IT and the competitive strategies of a firm. Yet it is...
- White papers 2006-02-23
- Alignment In Cross-Functional And Cross-Firm Supply Chain Planning
- This paper seeks to use quantitative models to help appreciate the behavioral processes associated with successful cross-functional and cross-firm alignment in supply/demand planning. The interaction is modeled between a sales and a manufacturing function within a firm, or between an upstream and downstream firm. It was claimed that misalignment is...
- White papers 2007-05-31
- Functional Alignment Budget Template
- This is a template for functional alignment budget with information like: administrative cost: expenditures; and functional alignment; program cost: direct services; and program support costs.
- Tools & templates 2006-03-15
- OASIS Alignment Services
- * OASIS Alignment Services, Rochester, N.H., hires Joel Farnum as regional manager and Nancy Langworthy as account manager for the company's Midwest Regional office in Appleton, Wis. Farnum manages all optical alignment and mechanical projects for pulp, paper and corrugated. He oversees sales efforts and account management in the Midwest...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
