What Are the Ways in Which HRD–Management
Intersections and Alignment Occur?
Alignment often refers to the extent that organizational strategy, structure, and
culture combine to form a whole aimed at the achievement of shared organizational
outcomes (Semler, 1997). Semler (1997) emphasized the importance
of alignment, including: (1) structural aspects concerning goal alignment
between individuals, teams, departments, and organizations; and (2) environmental
aspects of strategic fit with an organization’s mission and goals. The
alignment or misalignment of management and HRD has the potential to
impact the ways employees work together, their effectiveness, their use of internal
resources, and the upholding of organizational values, mission, and goals.