You’re right—the reason they review it at all is to retain the power to reject unreasonable proposals (and sometimes to make slight tweaks based on information only they possess). Sometimes they make the goals more ambitious, too.
90% of the time, though (and 100% of the time in my company’s short existence), the proposals coming from below are almost exactly what they wanted—the communication outside of strategic planning exercises is sufficient to ensure that.
You’re right—the reason they review it at all is to retain the power to reject unreasonable proposals (and sometimes to make slight tweaks based on information only they possess). Sometimes they make the goals more ambitious, too.
90% of the time, though (and 100% of the time in my company’s short existence), the proposals coming from below are almost exactly what they wanted—the communication outside of strategic planning exercises is sufficient to ensure that.