Stakeholder analysis 2016, Study notes of Decision Making

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Stakeholder analysis in a network setting

Image: Yang, 2014 Marcin Dąbrowski

What is governance?

• Source: Dörry and Decoville,

• Multi-level governance:

o vertical dimension – the ‘multi-level‘ component referring to

the “increased interdependence of governments operating

at different territorial levels”

o horizontal/governance dimension - refers to the “growing

interdependence between governments and non-

governmental actors at various territorial levels”

(Bache and Flinders, 2004, p. 3)

• Both dimensions redefine the roles of the state, sub-national and

non-state actors as well as the the way in which public policies

are designed and implemented à decentralisation, cross-level

and horizontal coordination, stakeholder participation

à increasing complexity of decision-making and implementation!

MLG Type I

Central government

Regions /

Provinces

Sub-regional authorities

Municipalities

Supranational authority

Civil society

Private

sector

Source: static.freewebstore.org MLG Type I

Relativity, by M. C. Escher. Lithograph, 1953. MLG Type II

Why stakeholders matter?

Who are they?

‘Any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the organization's objective’ (Freeman, 1984) ‘People or small groups with the power to respond to, negotiate with, and change the strategic future of the organization’ (Eden and Ackermann 1998 ). ‘Those individuals or groups who depend on the organization to fulfill their own goals and on whom, in turn, the organization depends’ (Johnson and Scholes, 2002).

Why participation matters? Is it necessarily desirable? What are the advantages and disadvantages of participation of stakeholders in planning decisions?

Cons and risks

• Time consuming
• Possibility of blockages and bottlenecks
• The originally defined aims of the process may shift
• Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY)
• Capacity challenge – are the stakeholders capable to meaningfully participate?
• Risk of capture of collaborative arrangements by powerful local interest groups à who participates and by whom and how the stakeholders are selected? How to control rogue behaviour and protect the interests of the weaker players?
• Communication and coordination challenges
• Is cooperative, network-based decision-making rotted in the local political culture or is it a misunderstood imported practice?

Source: http://daad.wb.tu-harburg.de/

More participatory decision-making à less stakeholders are actually involved

Mapping stakeholders

Actor Interests Problem perception Goals Actor 1 Actor 2 Actor 3

Actors with production power Actors with blocking power Actors with a diffuse power position Proponents Opponents Fence sitters Source: De Bruijn & Heuvelhof, 2008, p. 38. Gauging the stakeholders’ power