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IFMA CFM Exam - Topic 3 Question 28 Discussion

As the Facility Manager for your company, you have been tasked with establishing a sustainability program. You have established a group called the Sustainability Advisory Group composed of stakeholders representing all corporate departments to assist with the establishment of the sustainability program. The Advisory Group has elected one of the members to chair the group. At your first meeting, the Sustainability Advisory Group generates a list of prioritized initiatives that you accept as year one priorities. You then send out an email to all corporate staff indicating your sustainability priorities for the year. The next day, the Advisory Group Chair contacts you to tender her resignation, indicating that she is angry that, as Chair, she feels she should have communicated the sustainability priorities to the corporation. What should the Sustainability Advisory Group do next, now that the Chair has resigned?
B) The group should jointly decide who the new chair of the Sustainability Advisory Group should be.
A) Since the corporate staff now knows the sustainability priorities, they should appoint the new chair of the Sustainability Advisory Group.
C) As Facility Manager, it is your job to appoint the new chair of the Sustainability Advisory Group.
D) A message should be sent out to the stakeholders of the departments to get their recommendation for a new chair of the Sustainability Advisory Group.

IFMA CFM Exam - Topic 3 Question 28 Discussion

Actual exam question for IFMA's CFM exam
Question #: 28
Topic #: 3
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As the Facility Manager for your company, you have been tasked with establishing a sustainability program. You have established a group called the Sustainability Advisory Group composed of stakeholders representing all corporate departments to assist with the establishment of the sustainability program. The Advisory Group has elected one of the members to chair the group. At your first meeting, the Sustainability Advisory Group generates a list of prioritized initiatives that you accept as year one priorities. You then send out an email to all corporate staff indicating your sustainability priorities for the year. The next day, the Advisory Group Chair contacts you to tender her resignation, indicating that she is angry that, as Chair, she feels she should have communicated the sustainability priorities to the corporation. What should the Sustainability Advisory Group do next, now that the Chair has resigned?

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Suggested Answer: B

The best course of action is for the group to jointly decide on the new chair (B), ensuring collaborative decision-making and maintaining the integrity of the advisory group.

The Sustainability Advisory Group operates as a stakeholder-driven initiative, and its leadership should be determined collectively.

Why not other options?

(A) Simply appointing a chair without group consensus undermines trust.

(C) The Facility Manager imposing a leader would be inappropriate, as it contradicts the group's advisory nature.

(D) Seeking stakeholder input delays decision-making and is unnecessary when the group itself can decide.


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