Strategy Synchrony: Evaluating Goal Alignment Influence on Employee Engagement and Organizational Success

Abstract

The research explores the vital interplay between aligning performance management with strategic objectives and its impact on employee engagement and organizational success. A smooth alignment ensures that performance objectives reflect and align with the organization's mission, vision, and strategy. It fosters a coherent link between individual tasks and broader company goals, producing a collective sense of purpose among employees. This alignment not only helps employees to engage actively in their roles but also fuels organizational success by steering efforts toward tangible results and growth. Organizations struggle with the challenge of aligning performance management practices with their strategic objectives, resulting in resource inefficiencies, lowered employee engagement, and setbacks in achieving strategic milestones. This research aims to dissect the extent to which misaligned objectives affect employee engagement and hinder the attainment of organizational success. By scrutinizing this nexus, we try to reveal whether goal misalignment hinders engagement and the pursuit of strategic objectives.