Knowledge Translation CurriculumKnowledge Translation CurriculumKnowledge Translation CurriculumKnowledge Translation CurriculumModule 2: Situation AnalysisLesson 2 - Stakeholder Analysis

StakeholdersStakeholders•any individual, group, organization, department, structure or network with a vested interest in a particular issue.

•they stand to gain or lose if conditions stay the same of if conditions change

•as they have a stake, they have rights, possibly ownership, potentially essential information

•includes the ideas of “participant,” “involved/responsible party,” and “recipient”.

Simple/Initial Stakeholder AnalysisSimple/Initial Stakeholder Analysis

•document stakeholders’ names, titles, locations

•describe stakeholders’ particular roles re the issue at hand

•dissect the component parts of complex stakeholders (e.g. a government ministry)

•determine how stakeholders respond to or absorb research evidence.

Desk Review

Key Informant Interviews

Stakeholder

sheets

Sector stakehol

der sheets

Stakeholder and Research Evidence

Planning the Process

Commissioned

work?

Focus Groups?

SimpleStakeholder Analysis

SimpleStakeholder Analysis

Stakeholder

profiling

+

Simple/Initial Stakeholder Analysis ToolsSimple/Initial Stakeholder Analysis Tools

Complex Stakeholder AnalysisComplex Stakeholder Analysis

•determine the relative influence, importance and power each stakeholder has re the issue at hand

•gauge the unfolding context around stakeholders and the issue at hand

•document how stakeholder interests converge, overlap or lie in opposition

•describe the history of stakeholder interaction

Planning the Process

Power vs Influence

Grid

Stakeholderinfluence mapping

Stakeholder-issue

relationship mapping

ComplexStakehold

er Analysis

ComplexStakehold

er Analysis

SimpleStakehol

der Analysis

SimpleStakehol

der Analysis

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Final Stakeholder Analysis

Final Stakeholder Analysis

Complex Stakeholder AnalysisComplex Stakeholder Analysis

STAKEHOLDER XSTAKEHOLDER X

• Influence A• Influence B• Influence C• Influence D• Influence E

Stakeholder SheetsStakeholder Sheets

• Influence F• Influence G

Stakeholder ProfilingStakeholder Profiling

Stakeholder Profiling Matrix

for the issue at hand:

Stakeholders Agenda Arena Alliances

Stakeholder A

Stakeholder B

Stakeholder C

SECTORor

ISSUE

Global bodies

NGOs/INGOs

Academics/researchers

Private sector Ministry of Health

district-level policy

implementers

International experts

Donor agencies

Ministry of FinanceMinistry of Education

Sector Stakeholder MappingSector Stakeholder Mapping

Stakeholder and Research EvidenceStakeholder and Research Evidence•review ways each stakeholder has demanded, used and/or absorbed research evidence

•rank stakeholder abilities from 1-10 (weak-strong) in understanding research evidence

•discuss key communications variables of relevance to the stakeholder and issue at hand

•use focus groups and key-informant interviews as needed.

SubjectsSubjects PlayersPlayers

CrowdCrowd Context SettersContext Setters

Power

Inte

rest

Low

High

Low High

have an interest in the

issue and significant power to

influence it

have power over the

issue but little interest in it

little interest, little power

lots of interest but little

power to influence the issue

leverage

persuade

mobilize

co-opt

Power vs. Interest GridPower vs. Interest Grid

Global bodies

NGOs/INGOs

Academics/researchers

Private sector

Ministry of Health district-level policy implementers

International experts

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Education

Donor agencies

Stakeholder Influence MappingStakeholder Influence Mapping

Stakeholder 2

Issue 1

Issue 3

Issue 2

Stakeholder 3

Stakeholder 4

Stakeholder 5

Stakeholder 9

Stakeholder 8

Stakeholder 7

Stakeholder 6

Stakeholder 1

sets policy

on this issueadvocates for

reform on this

issue

voted against

thisissue

funded

lobbying

opposed to

any change

Stakeholder-Issue Interrelationship Diagram

Stakeholder-Issue Interrelationship Diagram