Method – Salience method
Description
A visual model to distinguish between stakeholders who should be directly involved in a participatory process and who should not 1)Hermans LM, 2005, Actor Analysis for Water Resources Management, putting the promise into practice, ISBN 90-5972-091-1, Eburon, 2005.2)Reed, M.S., Graves, A., Dandy, N., Posthumus, H., Hubacek, K., Morris, J., Prell, C., Quinn, C.H. and Stringer, L.C. (2009) Who’s in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis methods for natural resource management, Journal of Environmental Management 90, 1933-1949
Strengths
It is a simple and fast way of positioning stakeholders and deciding on who should be directly involved in a participatory process and who should not
Weaknesses
This method lacks an comprehensive analysis to understand stakeholders interest
Use in decision framework
Stakeholder analysis |
Input
To collect information on stakeholders to be able to distinguish between stakeholders who should be directly involved in a participatory process and who should not.
Outline
The method encompasses the following steps:
- Use earlier defined stakeholders
- Scoring stakeholder types based on three attributes: legitimacy, urgency and power.
- Position stakeholders on these three dimensions: legitimacy, urgency and power.
- Distinguish between stakeholders who should be directly involved in a participatory process and who should not
Output
A visual model to distinguish between stakeholders who should be directly involved in a participatory process and who should not.
Experiences
For more information see: https://www.stakeholdermap.com/stakeholder-analysis/stakeholder-salience.html
Footnotes
1. | ↑ | Hermans LM, 2005, Actor Analysis for Water Resources Management, putting the promise into practice, ISBN 90-5972-091-1, Eburon, 2005. |
2. | ↑ | Reed, M.S., Graves, A., Dandy, N., Posthumus, H., Hubacek, K., Morris, J., Prell, C., Quinn, C.H. and Stringer, L.C. (2009) Who’s in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis methods for natural resource management, Journal of Environmental Management 90, 1933-1949 |