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2. Collecting and recording the information
The stakeholder information or characteristics should be considered, and there are many
characteristics of stakeholders such as Internal/external stakeholders, knowledge of policy,
position, interest, alliances, resources, power, and leadership. These data from all
stakeholders should be reviewed and recorded in the stakeholder table which is shown in
Table 2.6.
Table 2.6 Stakeholder Table (Schmeer, 2013)
Before beginning primary data collection, secondary data are reviewed and collected on the
priority stakeholders. For primary data collection from interviewing, asking direct
questions may seem the most efficient method but could result in unreliable answers
because the stakeholders may not be comfortable to communicating in such a direct and
candid manner. Questions should be clearly stated, specific, and open-ended wherever
possible, requiring the stakeholder to provide more than a simple “yes” or “no” answer.
3. Filling data in the stakeholder table
After reviewing and data collection, information is added into the stakeholder table (see
Table 2.6) because it helps to analyze stakeholders of the project easily. There are many
methods to complete stakeholder table as following:
3.1 Determine the stakeholders’ position
The position and organization are filled by considering on works of stakeholder. Internal
(I) stakeholders work within the organization that is promoting or implementing the
project, and other stakeholders are considered as external (E) stakeholders. The level of
accurate knowledge of stakeholder has regarding the project under analysis. This
knowledge should be rated from 3 to 1 (3 = a lot, 2 = some, and 1 = none). The definition
column is use to record how each stakeholder defines the project.
The position column refers to the stakeholder’s status as a supporter or opponent of the
project. The position of the stakeholder can be obtained by gathering information directly
from the stakeholder (i.e., self-reporting), and through information gathered indirectly from
other stakeholders or secondary information (i.e., other perceptions). This column is
divided into three columns such as self (self-reported classification), other (classification
by others), and final (final classification considering both of self-reported and others).
The position of the stakeholder should be reported from this final classification.
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