Now that we’ve established the need and benefits of organization-centric alignment, actually aligning the entire organization may seem daunting.The first thing you need to know is that rarely do organizations have to start from scratch, as there are usually good tools and processes already in place.

Existing business planning, operational budgeting processes and employee performance reviews form the building blocks for an organization-centric approach to workforce alignment.With the right technology, these processes can be seamlessly [...]

Jim Holincheck, on his blog (http://blogerp.typepad.com/hcm_research/), offers up three pillars on which to build successful employee performance appraisals that deliver key information for developing an organization’s workforce: