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If my chosen brand has had a failing but has been trying to do more about it and they have acknowledged it, can I still use that brand and suggest other ways to implement the plan?

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Can we still use a brand if some of the leadership failings are alleged and not legally proven? Or do the failings have to have been through a lawsuit etc?

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Is there a direct link to the project management course, as I'm not sure if I have selected the correct one?

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hi, can we do a beauty brand or does it have to be clothing?

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Hey, do we have to include one for each: ethics, sustainability and well-being or can we pick as im finding it difficult to find a brand that has had all 3 :)

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for the formative assesment, is it 1.5 minute of a mock slide or is it us talking about our plan for the real assignment?

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as the LO3 is the project management course, do we need to add proof of completion into our slides when we submit them for the assignment?

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The handbook is unreadable as its all highlighted in yellow and i have dyslexia so its hard to read.

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Does the brand we select need to have a recent leadership failure, or can an older case be used if it's well-documented and relevant?

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For the 10 minute presentation does it have to be one continuous video that's 10 minutes long or can we film a few separate videos and then edit them together so it makes up the 10 minutes

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How recent does the brand failing have to be?

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Is the formative a 1.5 minute presentation of the start of our assignment or a 1.5 minute presentation of our plan of our assignment?

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I have found a beauty brand that owns multiple smaller companies, should I focus solely on the large name that owns all of them and therefore use problems that relate to the main brand - or can I include issues within the sub brands that they own and relate it to leadership of the overall company? Thank you.

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Is it ok to do a makeup brand instead of a fashion? and focus on shade issues etc

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the brand I have chosen does not have an inclusion strategy. I know this itself is a leadership failure but am I still able to do the 5 steps of a roadmap to success? Is it worth me just picking another brand that does actually have an inclusion strategy? Thank you

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My chosen brand and issue is very recent but it only has about 2 articles written on the actual issue itself. Do you think this is still manageable as I can find articles that explain why the issue is bad from other contexts and articles that do not directly mention the brand as well?

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The company I’m researching has stated that all employees will complete diversity training by a certain year, but I can’t find any update confirming that this actually happened. The parent company also reports a lower completion rate across the wider group.

Is it okay if I make that judgement myself — for example, pointing out that this gap suggests the goal hasn’t been fully met — as long as I support it with evidence from official reports, rather than needing to find an article that says it directly?
And is it fine to use information from the parent company when analysing leadership and culture?

Thank you

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Just to confirm, is the assignment due on the 8th or 12th December?

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Can I use DEI soirces such as the DEI census from McKinsey and Fashion Council even if my brand isn’t based in the UK? As soirces like this often report on UK brands but mine isn’t UK based- would this still be a relevant source?

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Is there any possibility of seeing any previous student examples? Just for reference of how they’ve laid out their slides and with what kind of titles as well as how many words we’re writing on the slides compared to how much we’re speaking.

(Also would you recommend creating a script so that we ensure we’re including enough academically backed points with sources and references?)

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Do you recommend writing in bullet points on the slides or writing in small paragraphs?

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The brand I have chosen doesn't test on animals unless it is a legal requirement. They have been selling their products in a country where it is a legal requirement since 2017. However, the country has recently changed their animal testing laws meaning this companies products might not be tested on animals anymore. Can I still use this as my brand and leadership failing or do I need to chose one that is still current now?

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for the formative are we getting time slots or are we doing it in front of everyone

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I feel like all the frameworks are sustainability-based based so I'm not sure what to use when my assignment is focused on EDI. My seminar teacher told us to adapt the sustainability models to fit our brands, but I feel like it would be really irrelevant to my assignment, as it doesn't really directly relate to what I'm discussing at all. Are there no EDI frameworks we can use instead?

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Do we have to factor in sustainability and use the frameworks in lecture 4 if we aren’t identifying sustainability as a main failure? Or do I just touch on it in the sense that the brand does have to be sustainable due to legislation etc but not use the frameworks? Or not at all?

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As it is a presentation, we will be expanding on points made on the slides. How do we reference or cite the points we make when we speak do we just add them to the reference list but not cite it as it isnt written?

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Do we have to select only one leadership failing? what if our brand has mutiple failings and there is enough evidence to scruntinise this?

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can we please get a break during the lectures on a thursday please, its too much information to retain at once

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what frameworks can we use for our transformational plan if its from a more ethical perspective rather than sustainability as there seems to be a lot of frameworks for transformational plans in regards to sustainability but i am not aware of any that would really be relevant to my brands failings?

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do we need references on our 1 slide page?

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how many smart objectives should we aim for?

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Do we have to do our slides on Adobe? Thanks

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please can you create a section on Moodle for just frameworks, models and theory's which we can find in one place rather than going though the presentations agin? also the date is the 8th for submission however it says otherwise on the handbook

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Would it be a good idea to include in the presentation the original goals and celebrations of the company, as a way to boost morale of the team that you’re speaking to. If so would you include this before you say where the company has gone wrong, or would it be better to put it at the end to remind the team of the original vision of the brand.

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I’m struggling to apply sustainability policies and legalities to my assignment as it’s a swedish owned company but operates worldwide, so I’m not sure what region I’m speaking to when discussing the current climate and proposing plans when they could differ depending on what country their operating in.

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I have not found any academic references ones like drapers and mintel etc on my brand and its failings. I am quite far into the assignment now however this is worrying me as I go on. Is this something that will pull my grade down? I am considering switching but I fear it is too late for me to do this as I have done quite a bit already. Just some clarity would be very appreciated on this please as I am panicking a bit, thank you

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should we include frameworks such as triple bottom line in LO1 or just leave all the frameworks for LO2?

Thanks!

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Is the assignment due on the 12 of December or the 8th?? On the unit handbook it says 12th but on the submission thing on moodle it says 8?

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Is the formative assignment compulsory ?

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Is the formative assignment compulsory ?

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Hi, I’m a bit confused and worried about how to reference in the presentation. There isn’t really space to fit all the citations on the slides, but I can’t exactly say them all out loud either (or do we have to do that?) Or is it just the case that we don't mention citations (unless it is mentioning an underpinning reference) and we just have the reference list at the end? - how should we handle this? Thank you :)

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Would you say around 5 frameworks is enough? Also can we use some which haven't been mentioned in our lectures - ones that we have discovered ourselves? Thanks!

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In a "normal" assignment we have +- 10% on word count, does this apply to presentation as well as in can we go 1 min over or does it have to be exactly 10 mins? Thank you

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If my failings are ethical do I still need to touch on sustainability?

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please may this be changed as I struggle to read it. thank you

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is brandy melvile ok to do? for ethics as i have find quite a lot of articles on how the boss only hires a stereotype of girl and it is very recent within 24 months.

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is brandy melvile ok to do? for ethics as i have find quite a lot of articles on how the boss only hires a stereotype of girl and it is very recent within 24 months.

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Do we have a specific reading list or are we just finding all of our own sources completely? As the link doesn't seem to work.

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Is the last date available to sit the project management exam the 01/12?

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I don't understand how you are supposed to fit all the theories, plans, leadership failings into 1000 words with references also. I have only covered the leadership failings and am on 500 words. Do we submit the research and writing separate from the presentation?

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As we are already talking about SMART objectives and Kotter model, is it advised that we all in another like Porter or Ansoff or leave it and go into detail with the first.

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For the presenation 2 minutes are suggested or our failings, 3 for transformational plan and 5 for project management on the seminar slides however their is no time allocated to the introduction? I’m just unsure how I’m supposed to speak about everything within such a short space of time and where I’m supposed to find the time for the intro?

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i am confused about the word count, do our presenter notes and the words we speak during the presentation count towards the 1000 words, or is it just what is on the actual slides. As i have done bullet points on my slides and then ive done my own presenter notes to talk about them.

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When we are presenting, do we speak in first person 

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When we are presenting, do we speak in first person 

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Can our leadership failings touch on the employees and how the leadership culture fails employees? 

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Can our leadership failings touch on the employees and how the leadership culture fails employees? 

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I am doing consumer well being and wanted to look at how the leadeship culture is driven by perfomance casuing bad mental health in the employees.

These failings then cause a domino effect as the employee perfomance causes my next failing which is,

The brand itself and how it is causing poor consumer mental health.

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Are we introducing the brand and talking about who they are, or do we go straight into the leadership failings?

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Hi, in our writing and presentation are we speaking in 1st or 3rd person? So as if we are the brand e.g. "We will change this:. Or for the brand e.g. "The brand will change this.." ? Thank you.

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I am just emailing you regarding the assessment and just wondering where I can find the 5 step roadmap for inclusion and wondering whether this is a viable framework to implement and follow for my transformational? Also I'm just wondering for the theory side of things can I say my plan is guided by ethical leadership theory?

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where do we include the 5 step roadmap, or it is it referred to throughout the presentation

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Hi, can we put secondary research in our appendix? For e.g. if im referencing comments from social media and do not want to include them on my slides can I say refer to appendix A.. whilst speaking?

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If we have to include a model, where do we include it, and how do we use it? I dont understand how to use it when we have very little time. i did ask in my seminar but still unclear.

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I see you've answered a question here asking about speaking in 1st person, but is it also okay to speak in 3rd person? Like 'XYZ has failed here so XYZ is going to implement this strategy etc' Or does it have to be spoken in 1st? Thanks! :)

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I have touched upon sustainability, consumer-well being, and ethics in my leadership failing section as my brand's failings cover all three. Is this ok to do if I then focus on just 1 of these (or the most important) sections for my transformational plan?

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Am I right that with doing Ethical issues and the lack of a DEI strategy that it is all internal focus?

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Hi, I know you have already touche on this question in previous answers but just for clarification.

We are not following a framework for the transformational plan we are just taking parts of different frameworks to apply to different areas of our plan.

My seccond question is, if we set 2-3 smart objectives, Can we still add other things that we would implement into our plans even if they are not our smart objectives, such as HR surveys and smaller scale changes. or does that come into to project management?

Thank you!

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Hi looking at the CFW plan they have used a lot of targets and objectives under there key priority areas. Can I do this too or do we just do 3 SMART objectives?

Thank you

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Hi, I just wanted to check if it was mandatory to do 3 objectives, as I currently have 2 which one is about their leadership team and the other is on inclusivity and diversity in the workplace. Would I need to think of another or are these 2 okay? Thanks xx

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Hi, regarding the leadership frameworks, are we choosing ones from the week 3 lecture? or can we research our own ones? Also following on from this, do the frameworks have to ones that have been implemented within the fashion industry or can it be on the general workplace? If that makes sense?

Thank you! x

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In the transformational plan, would it be useful/relevant to discuss/analyse alternative frameworks that we didn't end up using for particular reasons - to showcase more in depth research? Or do you think this is not needed as it will not be taken into the actual transformation plan/project management section if that makes sense?

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1 - are we penalised if we do not reference as we speak due to lack of time? (if the references from models etc are on the slides)

2 - Are we able to write 1100 words like we can speak 11 mins with the +-10%?

Thank you

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Do we need to reference in our transformational plans, as it is our own ideas taken from the research?

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if we are using triple bottom line. how many examples for each subjection would you include - is one point for each too little and is 3 too much

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Hi! My transformational plan is all about changing the culture of my company so they become a size inclusive organisation. Should this involve making internal changes within the business such as making inclusivity a non negotiable at the executive level - or something along the lines? As I know size inclusivity is a marketing strategy so to make it a leadership strategy can I change the internal culture of employees, management and design?

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Clarification on creating my DEI strategy

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Clarification on creating my DEI strategy

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My brand doesn’t currently have a DEI strategy, so I’m building my transformational plan around creating one (if that is correct). I just want to confirm that the transformational plan is the DEI strategy, and that I’m not expected to write a separate DEI document.

So the vision, priority areas, SMART objectives, leadership theory and internal marketing together form the DEI strategy - is that correct? Thank you :)

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In my strategic marketing assignment we have been encouraged to use a large number of sources (around 40-50), but this leadership presentation feels different because we are building our own transformational plan etc. Should we aim for a similar volume of references, or is a smaller, more focused set of theories and frameworks more appropriate for this assessment?

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For the section 3 it says on Moodle to include a schedule and budget in the project charter, both with trackers. What kind of trackers should I be using for these and should a Gantt chart be included or is that unnecessary?

I also feel as if im repeating myself a bit from the pillars of my transformation/SMART objectives to the project charter - is this normal?

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Can we go over 1000 words if we are around 1500. I am really struggling to fit in my references and research in 1000 words.

TIA

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I am really confused as to what the word count is. I wasn't able to come to the lecture today, and I have seen on the slides that it says there isn't a word count, but I thought it was no more than 1000.

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Do we reference in our project management and transformation plan? 

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Do we reference in our project management and transformation plan? 

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I have a question about the use of frameworks in the presentation. I am using the triple bottom theory for my transformational plan that has a focus in DEI within the smart objectives. My question is: if my transformational plan focuses on edi initiatives, and I am using the triple bottom theory, do i need to include all three pillars within my plan or could I just focus/use the people section of the framework where all my smart objectives falls under?

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Hi, with the roadmap to success, is this something we should reference at the beginning of our assignment, to explain that this whole presentation is essentially a roadmap to success. Or alternatively should we use this as an LO2 framework to explain how to reach success for the objectives?

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Double check on brand choice and Word count

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Double check on brand choice and Word count

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Hi April,

Just wanted to double check 2 things with you for my peace of mind!

1 - I know you have kindly stated that the word count is a guide. I have since been doing my assignment without a word count and I am probably sitting at around 1500-1750 words. In the module handbook it does state that 1000 words is the Max, can you please assure me that we definitely will not be peanalised with word count and only the time of the presentation?

2 - I have been doing a social media brand with implemented fashion commerce using the exact same leadership principles of a lack of ethics and whilst yourself, Carly and Julie have all approved this I just wanted to clarify that this is okay as the module hand book does suggest a fashion brand.

Thank you, I would've emailed but I know you prefer questions in the padlet and I just needed this confimed in writing. Many thanks!

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Hello,

I am just a bit confused about whether we are supposed to be developing a project charter or describing what one is due to the wording on the things we are supposed to include as it states “describe a project charter”?

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for the team roles is it just CEO and stakeholders or do you have to make up different people in the team? is suppliers included? and customers?

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Hi! I just wondered if there is a limit on the amount of slides for our presentation? Thanks :)

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Im confused how to create the budget? are you just looking up on average how much it has costed for other business?

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Are we referencing much in LO3? Or is it more just referencing PM knowledge then carry on with our own ideas for the plan? Thanks

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For LO3, should all trackers like budget etc be placed in the appendices rather than on the main slides? Because we don’t speak through them in detail in the 4–5 minute delivery, I’m unsure whether I should simply reference them briefly or if I’m expected to talk through numbers or specifics. I’m concerned this wouldn’t fit within the time limit, so I’d appreciate clarification on where these trackers should go. Thanks

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Hi, I have seen your reply to the stakeholders but I am still confused and would like to have a confirmed answer. Are we having to write each internal stakeholders e.g marketing, product development. Do we also need to write external stakeholders e.g suppliers.

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not using any suggested frameworks or theories

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not using any suggested frameworks or theories

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I have not used any of the theories or framework that you have referenced in your presentations and lectures. I have used around 6 theories and 3 frameworks still. Is this okay or will my marks be slightly capped as it looks like I havent taken on board your suggestions of frameworks etc. I just feel as though non of them fit my objectives well enough compared to the ones I have found.

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What is the maximum length of time we can be presenting for? Is it 11 minutes as a cut off point before our marks get capped?

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Hi,

Please can you advise with the project management plan roadmap if we use the same targets as our smart objectives for the roadmap? I have used the same targets, but gone into more detail on the roadmap about how these will be achieved? hope this makes sense :)

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Who to assign to which part of the project

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Who to assign to which part of the project

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What would you advise we do if we can't find specific people in the company to assign parts of the project to? I can only find a list of directors etc but assuming they wouldn't be the people leading a project it would be people who report into them?

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i understand what we have to include for the planning and initiating side of project managment but what are we suposse to include for the monoirting and closing as the tranformtional plan hasn't occurred so there are no results 

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i understand what we have to include for the planning and initiating side of project managment but what are we suposse to include for the monoirting and closing as the tranformtional plan hasn't occurred so there are no results 

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please may you upload missing lectures so I can rewatch to support my assignment, Thank you

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do we have to read out the references in the recording? should they be included within the sentence like 'according to drappers...' or just put at the end of sentences like they normally would be?

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hello i am just wondering how much detail needs to go into the first stage of the lifecycle as (i think) we are supposed to be discussing high level purpose, scope ect but then we have to also discuss this in the planning stage im just worried that i will be repeating myself ?

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Hi, I have seen on the padlet that you have said we should read our references by saying what book or article we got them from however not all of my references are from these sources and it doesn't flow if I'm reading citations. I understand it makes sense to say 'A report done by drapers...' but are we meant to say that for every reference as I have over 40 and this will sound very repetitive. Would I be able to say in my introduction 'For all references throughout my presentation please see the citations on the slides and in an attached document'

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Hi! I just wanted to ask about my inclusion strategy.

Can I say my brand can implement a DEI strategy? or is this what is included in the inclusion strategy?

As I've found an article on BOF speaking about how to create an inclusive workplace - in which it gives examples of other brands/ CEO doing these things and why they are important, so I was going to use this as my main point and then go on to speak about how my brand can implement a DEI strategy to do so? Is this okay?

Thanks xx

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Are the SMART objectives a different idea for each objective, or are we just analysing one idea in each objective? 

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Are the SMART objectives a different idea for each objective, or are we just analysing one idea in each objective? 

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With every spoken reference, do I need to put the citations in the slides? I am unsure how to take this as I have a lot of spoken references but not sure it makes sense to put them all on the slides but also then I am not sure what citations I actually include in the slides.