Associate Level Material
Appendix C

Stakeholder Impact Analysis Table

After reviewing each stakeholder position on the case by reading your classmates’ presentations, organize the stakeholders’ positions by completing the table. Provide a brief description of each stakeholder’s interest, then rate each stakeholder’s level of influence, urgency, persuasiveness, and importance. Reference the example on p. 357 (Ch. 5) of the text as a model. The legend below clarifies the meaning of the column headings.

Legend

Stakeholder: The four stakeholder groups involved with the board of directors meeting.

Interest: Why this group cares about the sonox issue, and their main concern in the matter. Includes what the group would like the company to do.

Influence: Your feeling of how much legal influence this stakeholder group has over the company. The greater the influence, the more you should listen to them. Rank as high, medium, or low.

Urgency: How urgently the company should address the stakeholder’s concern(s). Rank as high, medium, or low.

Persuasiveness: Your feeling of how persuasive the stakeholders’ presentations were to the board of directors. Consider all of the presentations from the employees’ perspective as a whole, as so forth. Rank as high, medium, or low.

Importance: An overall ranking of the importance of taking into consideration the stakeholders’ concerns. 1 equals high importance; 2 equals medium importance; 3 equals low importance.

|Stakeholder |Interest in the Issue |Influence |Urgency |Persuasiveness |Importance |
|Oliver Freeman |Mr. Freeman is interested in issuing a clean report to|High |High |High |High |
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