Cascading Goals

Meaning & Definition

Cascading goals are a way to make higher-level or organisational goals measurable by breaking them down into smaller divisions of goals on a departmental, team, and individual level. Higher-level goals of the business are translated into daily activities that must be completed by each level of the employee working towards those goals, to ensure that every employee’s contributions help the overall goal of the organisation.

Important features of Cascading Goals

• Contributes to aligning individual contributions to meet corporate goals.
• Helps clarify role, responsibility, priority, and expectation.
• Facilitates accountability and ownership of performance.
• Provides for effective management of performance and performance reviews.
• Provides for better tracking of actual performance and the effect on organizational results.

Governance & Policy Alignment

This term does not have a specific statute requirement attached to it.

Cascading Goals can be supported by:

• Performance management and goal-setting methods (OKRs and KPI’s)
• Performance appraisal and review cycles.
• Accountability of managers, as well as approval processes.

Primary documentation aids in creating consistency and transparency.

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