Every business has its plan and policy to be followed and accomplishing it, allows them to set a benchmark for others to follow them. But what if your business plans and policies have started resulting into conflicts and an overall stressed situation? Surely this happens when your employees have failed to implement and cope-up with your business plan. Here, we will discuss some issues which result into this misalignment and the consequences followed by it.
Communication Gap: The first time your employees hear about your plan should not be when it’s finished. Regarding communications, you must adopt a healthy and two-way communication policy where employees to understand the business plan at every level should find it comfortable to address their any issue which comes in their way while accomplishing any target. Using tools like surveys, meetings, face-to-face discussions followed by a feedback is also compulsory.

Vague Objectives-
Creating a clear set of objectives is not a major problem at all. The thing is, how efficiently you can adopt those objectives and ask your employees to implement and stick to those policies which can make them accomplish that particular objective. Getting a detailed case study is a good way to 'test' the clarity of your objectives and to ask various people throughout the organization whether they remember and can clearly articulate them - as well as clearly describe how their own work and tasks relate back to a given objective.

Lack of Market Research-
Market research is a vital part of starting a new business or project. If your contract management team is not able to understand the competition and the current situation of your marketplace, you don’t have enough information to go forward. Before a business plan is drawn up or a project is begun, thorough market research needs to take place and the results need to be viewed realistically.

Timely Detection-
As any business organization is inter-dependent on various departments working under it, hence, it becomes of utmost importance to detect early any differences or diverging outcomes. This of course will require a robust analysis and timely supervision. Checking your departments with regular updates and asking for timely submission of term reports will allow you to detect it well in advance and will have a positive sign on your cost impact as well.

Improved Scope Management-
And if everything is focused on benefit and not on features, that improves scope creep management. You can use lead time impact in your “strategic goals” to evaluate the value change requests. Change requests that don’t improve the ability to achieve your goals should be deprioritized. Those that support the strategic intent of the project should be emphasized.
Realistic Expectations
Don’t set a goal too high to attain. Deciding with the standards, the management should consider the basic structure of their available workforce and set priorities accordingly. Realistic goals and a clear vision of how to achieve it will constantly motivate your employees, bringing a positive change in their delivery impact.
This comprehensive case study will give you an insight into the role and importance of strategic alignment and its.