Knowledge Translation Curriculum
Module 2: Situation Analysis
Lesson 2 - Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholders
• 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 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.
Simple/Initial Stakeholder Analysis Tools
Focus
Groups?
Stakeholder and
Research Evidence
Sector
Stakeholde stakehold
er
r
sheets
sheets
+
Stakeholde
r
profiling
Simple
Stakeholder
Analysis
Commissione
d
work?
Key
Informant
Interviews
Desk Review
Planning the
Process
Complex 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
Complex Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder-issue
relationship
mapping
Stakeholder
influence mapping
Power vs
Influence
Grid
Planning the
Process
Simple
Complex
Stakehold
+
Stakeholde
er
r Analysis
Analysis
Final Stakeholder
Analysis
Stakeholder Sheets
STAKEHOLDER X
• Influence A
• Influence B
• Influence C
• Influence D
• Influence E
• Influence F
• Influence G
Stakeholder Profiling
Stakeholder Profiling Matrix
for the issue at hand:
Stakeholders
Stakeholder A
Stakeholder B
Stakeholder C
Agenda
Arena
Alliances
Sector Stakeholder Mapping
Global bodies
International experts
NGOs/INGOs
Donor agencies
Academics/
researchers
SECTOR
or
ISSUE
district-level
policy implementers
Private
sector
Ministry
of
Finance
Ministry of Education
Stakeholder and Research Evidence
• review ways each stakeholder has
demanded, used and/or absorbed
research evidence
• rank stakeholder abilities from 1-10 (weakstrong) 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.
Power vs. Interest Grid
lots of interest but little
power to influence the
issue
have an interest in
the issue and
significant
power to
influence it
Interest
High
Low
little interest, little
power
Subjects
leverage
Players
mobilize
Crowd
persuade
Context
Setters
co-opt
Low
Power
High
have power over
the
issue but little
interest in it
Stakeholder Influence Mapping
district-level policy
implementers
Ministry of Health
International
experts
NGOs/INGOs
Donor agencies
Academics/
researchers
Private
sector
Global bodies
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Education
Stakeholder-Issue Interrelationship
Diagram
Stakeholder 2
Stakeholder 3
Stakeholder 4
Issue 1
Stakeholder 1
Issue 3
Stakeholder 5
Stakeholder 9
Stakeholder 6
Issue 2
Stakeholder 8
Stakeholder 7