{"id":5528,"date":"2025-01-24T06:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/siteup\/?post_type=gdpd&p=5528"},"modified":"2025-04-22T05:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T05:54:58","slug":"daus-strategic-plan-cascading-tiers","status":"publish","type":"gdpd","link":"https:\/\/dau.edu.sa\/siteup\/gdpd\/daus-strategic-plan-cascading-tiers\/","title":{"rendered":"DAU\u2019s Strategic Plan Cascading Tiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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For DAU\u2019s strategic plan to be effective, strategic goals and objectives, and performance indicators must be consistent across levels of the organization. In DAU\u2019s BSC, consistency is achieved through cascading. In cascading, strategic objectives and performance indicators are taken from the corporate and cascaded down to business units, departments, and individuals.<\/p>

The following key points were taken into consideration in DAU\u2019s Balanced scorecard cascading implementation:<\/strong><\/p>

  • Cascading is done by goals and objectives:<\/em> support units, colleges, departments, and teams develop their own scorecard and align their goals and objectives with DAU\u2019s strategy map.\u00a0 At their levels, they can map additional goals and objectives using the strategy map.<\/li>
  • Keeping cause-and-effect connections:<\/em> Cause-and-effect connections between objectives and goals should be maintained at different Tiers. Without this, the next level\u2019s strategy map will be useless and achieving coherence between goals, objectives, initiatives and actions at different tires cannot be achieved.<\/li>
  • All objectives should have responsible:<\/em> Delegating responsibility for achieving objectives is fundamental to cascading BSC. The top tier of managers sets strategic goals, objectives, and initiatives. The next tier of managers interprets these objectives in terms of narrower, more specific objectives to assume responsibility for, and so on for the following tier managers.<\/li>
  • Cascading is a bidirectional process with a discussion origin:<\/em> Scorecards should be cascaded to the lower levels for the purpose of the reporting (or even direct control), at the same time, the top manager scorecard must aggregate the values from lower-level scorecards and present the required information for the decision-makers.<\/li>
  • Establish a hard connection by indicators:<\/em> Cascading KPIs makes sense when lower levels are scaled copies of the parent level. This makes monitoring and accountability easier and logical.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    DAU\u2019s Cascading Tiers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    \n\t\t\n\t\tHierarchical Level<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tDAU\u2019s \n\t\tEntities<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\t# \n\t\tCascading Tier<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t

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    \n\t\t1.\n\t\t<\/span>Top Managers<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tUP; UV-P; CEO; GDPD&QA<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tTier \n\t\t1: University Wide<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t

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    \n\t\t2.\n\t\t<\/span>Support Units<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tHRD; DQA; DAR&SA; \n\t\tT&LU; ITD; DLS&L; PMD; O&M; RSU; CEU; DLS&L; T&PDU; M&ECD; IAU; RMC; CEI&KT; \n\t\tSP&ESC; FD<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t

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    \n\t\t3.\n\t\t<\/span>Colleges<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tUniversity \n\t\tPreparatory Program; College of Business Administration; College of LAW; \n\t\tCollege of Architectural Engineering and Digital Design; College of \n\t\tMedicine; College of Dentistry; College of Pharmacy and Applied Medical \n\t\tSciences; College of Business Administration; and College of LAW<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tTier \n\t\t2: Colleges<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t

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    \n\t\t4.\n\t\t<\/span>Academic \n\t\tDepartments<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tMarketing Department; \n\t\tHuman Resources Management Department; Finance & Banking Department; \n\t\tAccounting Department; Basic Medical Science Department; Clinical \n\t\tMedical Sciences Department; Medical Education Department; Department of \n\t\tDentistry; Architecture Department; Interior Design Department; Graphic \n\t\tDesign Department; Department of Bachelor\u2019s Degree Program in Law; \n\t\tDepartment of Master\u2019s Degree Program in Law; Nursing Department; and \n\t\tRespiratory Therapy Department<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tTier \n\t\t3: Academic Departments & Programs<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t

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    \n\t\t5.\n\t\t<\/span>Academic \n\t\tPrograms<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tBachelor of \n\t\tMarketing; Bachelor of HRM; Bachelor of Finance & Banking; Bachelor of \n\t\tAccounting; Bachelor of Law; Bachelor of Architectural Engineering; \n\t\tBachelor of Interior Design; Bachelor of Graphic Design; Bachelor of \n\t\tMedicine; Bachelor of Dentistry; Bachelor of Nursing; Bachelor of \n\t\tRespiratory Therapy; Master of Business Administration; Master of \n\t\tManagement Information System; Master of Project Management; Master of \n\t\tPublic Law; and Master of Private Law<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t

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    \n\t\t7.\n\t\t<\/span>Teams and \n\t\tIndividuals<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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    \n\t\tTeaching Staff & \n\t\tAdministrative Staff<\/span><\/p><\/td>\n\t\t

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