Strategic Alignment: People & Resources for Organizational Success

Successful organizations employ strategy to achieve their goals, but these goals cannot be achieved when departments or individuals prioritize their own agendas. Explore common challenges and solutions. Focus on the most challenging aspect of strategy: how to successfully align people and resources to support an organization’s mission, goals, and directives.

Course Snapshot

• Exploring complementarities and conflicts within firm resources and activities
• Understanding how to align culture, incentives, and managerial control mechanisms with strategy
• Techniques for aligning team members with organizational objectives

Key Benefits

• Use strategy to guide your teams' decisions
• Use practical tools to align employees with organizational goals
• Identify and address conflicts between firm strategy and internal processes

Instructor

Seth Carnahan

Associate Professor of Strategy

WashU Olin Business School 

Location & Modality

In-Person, Charles F. Knight Center on WashU's Danforth Campus

Earn Your Certificate

2 elective units 

For Federal Employees

ECQ 1 – Leading Change 

Note

Formerly called Strategy & Alignment (St. Louis)

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