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      <journal-title>REA Press</journal-title><issn pub-type="ppub">3042-2264</issn><issn pub-type="epub">3042-2264</issn><publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.22105/raise.v1i1.32</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <subj-group><subject>Strategic alignment framework, Critical success factors, Business process management, Performance metrics, Empirical validation.</subject></subj-group>
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        <article-title>Optimizing Business Processes through SAF: A New Frontier in Performance Management</article-title><subtitle>Optimizing Business Processes through SAF: A New Frontier in Performance Management</subtitle></title-group>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Sepasi </surname>
		<given-names>Sasan </given-names>
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	<aff>Planning Manager of Afzoon Ravan Company, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.</aff>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Tabatabaei Rafiei</surname>
		<given-names>Seyyed Hamid</given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>CEO of Afzoon Ravan Company, Industrial Management Institute, Tehran, Iran.</aff>
	</contrib><contrib contrib-type="author">
	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Madandar</surname>
		<given-names>Bahram </given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>HR Manager of Afzoon Ravan Company, Science & Research Branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.‎</aff>
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      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2024</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2024</year>
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      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
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        <copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
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			This paper offers an insightful examination of the Strategic Alignment Framework (SAF) as a novel approach to optimizing business processes. The SAF serves as an innovative tool for aligning organizational Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with critical performance metrics. Using a case study of Afzoon Ravan Company, this paper empirically validates the framework's effectiveness in streamlining business processes and improving performance management.
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