Business management glossary/Top-down budgeting

Top-down budgeting

General

Leadership sets targets at the corporate level and cascades budgets to teams. Top-down budgeting ensures alignment with strategic priorities but may miss ground-level insights that only departmental managers can provide.

Related terms

Strategic objective Procurement Operational efficiency Budget Delegation Bottom-up budgeting

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