Identify stakeholders

• Identify all the individuals, groups, and organizations that are affected by the problem or have an interest in it.

In stakeholder theory, stakeholder can be identified as primary or secondary. However, only a few attributes are sufficient to identify different classes of stakeholders: 1) the stakeholder’s power to influence, 2) the legitimacy of the stakeholder’s relationship, and 3) the urgency of stakeholder’s claim.

Read more in: Mitchell, R.K., Agle, B.R. & Wood, D.J. 1997, “Toward a theory of stakeholder identification and salience: Defining the principle of who and what really counts”, Academy of Management.The Academy of Management Review, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 853-886. Available at: https://www-proquest-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/docview/619211953?pq-origsite=wos&accountid=11620