Book description
10 Steps to Successful Business Alignment offers a fresh, informative perspective on the challenge of achieving business alignment. As the global recession has magnified the need for demonstrable results from projects and programs in every organization, the need for understanding and delivering business alignment has never been more important. Moving far beyond merely defining the concept, this book demonstrates how to create alignment, provides insight on how to ensure alignment is properly positioned at the outset of projects, and shows how to successfully validate and maintain effective alignment over the entire lifespan of those projects. Written by a pair of globally recognized experts on business-related measurement and evaluation, 10 Steps to Successful Business Alignment provides managers, executives, and organizational leaders in every industry the tools required to achieve and sustain sound, sustainable business alignment.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Content
- Preface
- Introduction
- Step 1: Discuss Business Alignment with Clients
- Step 2: Determine Payoff Needs
- Step 3: Identify Business Needs
- Step 4: Identify Performance Needs
- Step 5: Identify Learning and Preference Needs
- Step 6: Set Higher Levels of Objectives
- Step 7: Design for Results
- Step 8: Measure the Business Impact
- Step 9: Isolate the Effects of the Program
- Step 10: Report the Results of Business Alignment
- References
- Appendix: Business Alignment Examples
- Index
- About the ROI Institute
- About the Authors
- Back
Product information
- Title: 10 Steps to Successful Business Alignment
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2012
- Publisher(s): Association for Talent Development
- ISBN: 9781562868208
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