Samenvatting

To perform at top level, all systems within an organization need to be aligned. When body and
mind aren’t connected, you can’t function well. In the same way that it is important to align the
mind and the body, a promising business vision (the mind) will not have the expected result when
executed without the alignment of all existing parts of the organization (the body). You have to
choose how this vision will fit in. People will experience complexity when new references do not fit
in with their existing references – hence, the need for taxonomy to connect the dots and
internalize external references. The Company Reference Grid (CRG) is this taxonomy for
enterprises and was originally designed by Frans van der Reep [1]. This extended alignment tool
combines business, ICT, HRM, and operations from a strategic, entrepreneurial, and operational
capabilities point of view.