Employees lack understanding of business objectives

Although seven employers in 10 have a clear statement of their strategic direction, knowledge of these objectives is scarce among less senior employees, and many organisations are missing opportunities to link their strategy effectively to performance. 

• Aligning employee performance with organisational goals: 2012 XpertHR survey While appraisals are frequently used by employers to align performance with strategic goals, less than half of the 106 employers align their learning and development programmes with organisational strategy, and the use of reward to motivate employees is relatively unpopular. 
• The full data from this survey is available on XpertHR Benchmarking. 

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How employers align HR with the business: 2012 XpertHR survey HR strategies are usually integrated with, or linked to, organisational goals, but HR staff are removed from this planning process at one-third of the organisations in the first part of this XpertHR research. 

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