The primary goal of monitoring improvement initiatives within the OCEG GRC framework is to provide oversight and ensure accountability. This involves systematically tracking the progress of the initiative against its plan, verifying that all required actions and tasks are fully completed, and identifying and managing any subsequent actions or adjustments needed to achieve the desired outcome. Monitoring serves as a critical feedback loop, confirming that planned improvements are effectively implemented and sustained, thereby enhancing the GRC capability.

A. Assessing employee satisfaction is a potential secondary metric or outcome, not the primary goal of monitoring the initiative's progress and completion against its objectives.

B. Evaluating financial impact is a specific type of performance measurement, but the core goal of monitoring is broader, encompassing the entire execution and completion of the initiative.

D. Determining the need for training is a potential follow-up action that may be identified during monitoring, not the fundamental purpose of the monitoring process itself.

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1. OCEG. (2021). GRC Capability Model, Version 3.5. Section 4.6.2, "Manage Improvement," p. 101. This section explicitly states that managing improvement includes "planning, resourcing, executing, and monitoring improvement initiatives" and involves "tracking progress and completion of tasks."

2. OCEG. (2021). GRC Capability Model, Version 3.5. Section 4.5, "MONITOR," p. 97. The introduction to the MONITOR component describes its purpose as providing "oversight and transparency" and "ensuring that what we think is happening is actually happening," which directly aligns with ensuring progress and verifying completion.