Stakeholders can facilitate or hinder an organisation’s performance significantly. The identification and management of the stakeholder is one of the key business activities for organisations. Although stakeholder identification is the first step of stakeholder analysis, there is little attention paid to the methodologies for stakeholder identification. This paper uses a system view point and p...

This paper works with dynamic project stakeholder management. More specifically it works with the competence development related to stakeholder management. Based on an in-depth study of a highly complex technology project, it contributes with a finegrained analysis of why and how the competences to handle stakeholders evolve in the project team. It shows how the team developed the ability for d...

The elderly population in China is increasing rapidly. To meet elderly residents’ housing demand, Chinese government makes great efforts to build more elderly facilities. However, major challenges in the operation of these elderly facilities, such as low space utilization rate, poor accessibility, poor environment and so on, have being emerging. The critical reason for challenges can be conclud...

A number of theoretical perspectives have been developed across time to provide an understanding of the reasons for management’s decision to report information to stakeholders. For example, some stakeholder research is normative identifying how it is believed management should act towards stakeholders, whilst other stakeholder research is positive, seeking to explain and predict how management ...

II I assure the single handed composition of this master's thesis only supported by declared resources. Abstract Today's enterprises are faced with an increasing rate of change in the economic environment. Underlying factors are the increased customization of products and services coupled with globalization and a more competitive market situation. Enterprises have to continuously adapt to these...

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 11000, FI-00076 AALTO http://www.aalto.fi Author Kirsi Maria Aaltonen (née Eloranta) Name of the dissertation Stakeholder management in international projects Manuscript submitted 12.02.2010 Manuscript revised 23.06.2010 Date of the defence 23.10.2010 Monograph Article dissertation (summary + original articles) ...

Stakeholder theory has become increasingly intertwined with the strategic management discourse. Stakeholder approaches to strategic management have been presented as capable of delivering enhanced business performance and social responsibility, though empirical studies of such capability are rare and their results inconclusive, and the debate goes on. Critics of stakeholder theory dismiss it as...

Identifying stakeholder beliefs and attitudes is critical for resolving management conflicts. Debate over outdoor cat management is often described as a conflict between two groups, environmental advocates and animal welfare advocates, but little is known about the variables predicting differences among these critical stakeholder groups. We administered a mail survey to randomly selected stakeh...