Stakeholder engagement is a central commitment demanded by PfS. The engagement process under BSF should allow for discussion between the ProjectCo, the Local Authority and Schools, enabling better identification of sustainable energy requirement.
Indeed, several studies highlighted the Contribution of clients and users to the Innovation Process. Gardiner and Rothwell (1985) point out the role of the customer in aircraft and agricultural machinery innovation and went as far as claiming that the customer should be a full ‘partner’ in the design process. According to them ‘tough customers’ stimulate superior designs (Gardiner and Rothwell, 1985). Miller et al. (1995) echo this argument and drew attention to the role of the customer as a key source of knowledge for complex product innovation. Albers and walker (1997) also stress that change has to be driven by the customer. In the construction industry context, Slaughter (2000) asserts that the complex ‘multi-agent’ nature of construction projects requires the collaborative efforts of key project actors, including the client, to stimulate innovation. Nam and Tatum (1992a) studied the instruments used to stimulate innovation in construction projects; one of the key instruments they reported is client involvement. Nam and Tatum (1997) have similarly shown that in such a context, clients may play the dominant role of ‘champions’ to innovative products and processes. This was echoed by Bröchner and Grandison (1992) and Mitropoulos and Tatum (2000), who argued that client involvement is a key driver for innovation.
Client commitment is critical to the implementation of energy efficient design innovations. Since clients will ultimately finance most of the cost of the innovation, the...
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Stakeholder engagement is a central commitment demanded by PfS. The engagement process under BSF should allow for discussion between the ProjectCo, the Local Authority and Schools, allowing for better identification of sustainable energy requirement. It can also help in developing a solution based on a better understanding of the exact needs of the Local Authority and School.
Proposition 2: The BSF Engagement process support for effective communication and collaboration between the ProjectCo, the Local Authority, and school will offer the ProjectCo with the opportunity to better identify the sustainable energy requirement and the incentive to be innovative.
It will be advantageous for the company if they can project themselves as responsible corporate citizen and an environment friendly company. Social enrichment schemes, recycling schemes and educational funds can be initiated to cater to this cause and long term goal.
Hence, the stakeholders which are described as those who are affected by the organisation performance ,actions and duties and those actions includes employees, clients, local community and investors as well. The theory of stakeholders also suggests that it is the responsibility of firm to make sure no rights of stakeholders are dishonoured and make decisions in the interest of stakeholders which is also the purpose of stakeholder theory to make more profit and balancing it while considering its stakeholders (Freeman 2008 pp. 162-165). In the other words organisation must also operates in a more socially accountable approach by carrying out corporate social responsibility as (CSR) activities.
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I appreciated the Stakeholder identification and Salience Theory article most of all. Too often our definition of stakeholder is either too broad or narrow to fit in our analysis for change. The broad definition of stake or stakeholders limits an analysts scope to the individual or group who can and are affected by the achievement of an organization (Mitchell, Agle, Wood, 1997). However, on the narrow side of the definition, a stakeholder analyst can “pigeon hole” their scope to those who are voluntary, those who have invested some form of capital, or involuntary, those who are placed at risk by the organizations activities (Mitchell, Agel, Wood, 1997). Yet, this analysis only scratches the surface of stakeholder identification. This information is enlightening to me as this aids in identifying change agents, champions, and those who would on the guiding coalition or core change team, depending on which change model one uses. Kotter (2007) states that 15 to 50 individual are needed in to for successful transformation to see fruition. This could be a daunting number and without some form of analysis, the selected individuals may not provide a strength enough team for successful transformation. Through the application of Stakeholder Salience Theory, that 15 to 50 individuals across the organization becomes a lot easily to identify in terms of their stake to change. In addition, if Stakeholder Salience Theory were coupled with Kotter’s Eight Step Model, establishing a sense of urgency those who are definitive, dependent, dominate, or dangerous stakeholders will be self-identified in the process (Mitchell, Agel, Wood, 1997).
There is a link between corporate social responsibility and the key principles of the stakeholders, which a company should follow to be responsible to its stakeholders. The first stakeholder is environment and the key principle used for it is not damage the environment for example, recycling, dealing correctly with their wastes and emissions. The second stakeholder is the employees. The key principle for the employees is companies providing safe and health working conditions for their staff. Moreover, the employees earn an appropriate salary for ...
In any project it is important to do a stakeholder analysis in order to be able to identify the stakeholders and prioritise them by power and their interest to the success of the strategy or project. Once you identify them there is need to fully understand what motivates them in this project and what might be done to get their much needed support, thereby reducing obstacles to successful implementation. There maybe need to dangle carrots in order to get buy in from key stake holders. Incentives and rewards goes a long way in motivating other stakeholders to get results oriented effort.
Client(s) may be in the first stage of our design thinking sequences (Archer, 1984, p. 67), and then the designer job is to explore what is the problem, what do we want, what do they need: to produce a design to meet the requirements. The initial design problem presented to the designer may be poorly and incompletely described (McDonnell, 1997, p. 45...
Stakeholders’ analysis is the analysis which tells that how the company is dealing with the people which are directly or indirectly related with the company’s operations. These are called stakeholder and they include the employee, society, suppliers, buyers, shareholders, got and other tax related companies.
The company also tries to engage the stakeholder in the sustainable development through activities like, sustainable sourcing; packaging associations; workshops on sustainable supply; Sustainable Agriculture Guiding Principles and so on (Coca-Cola HBC Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2011).
Sustainable design seeks to reduce negative impacts on the environment, the health and comfort of building occupants, thereby improving building performance. The basic objects of sustainability are to reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, minimal waste, and create healthy, productive environments (“Sustainable Design”). Focusing primarily on the sustainable design principles, there are five, including: low-impact materials, energy efficiency, quality and durability, design for reuse and recycling, and renewability. As sustainability appears to become the necessary trend in architecture, the question concerning the cost versus outcome of “going green” really an investment or a waste of time and money comes to mind. With our research provided below, we believe the expenses may truly be with the investment in the end.
A new product on the market may look all shiny and new and be appealing to customers but what is the story behind the product and what is the underlying future for this product. Where were the original materials from? Is it all legalised? Where did the manufacturing take place? How was the product manufactured? These are all questions that are never properly addressed in the design industry and are just simply overlooked. They are the aspects of designing and producing a new product that need to be carefully looked at to make a good design, and to make sustainable products.
Stakeholders want to be associated with socially responsible companies, and as such expect them to adhere to a certain standard of behaviour in order to gain their trust. Companies are under strong pressure to behave ethically. They have to earn a ‘license to operate’.
In this process, it was important for me to establish the sense of urgency as well as the vision of the project. I accomplished this by meeting and working with the stakeholders, securing their consensus and working with the technical team to develop technical...
Examples of Stakeholder’s could be: managers, directors, employees etc. It is based upon a conceptual framework approach in which it provides moral and ethical values to a business organisation. When in practice, majority of organisations are mainly going to focus on corporate social responsibility. The reason for this is because CSR is seen to have a big impact on the firm as many people are recognising that there is a increasing number of businesses that are both socially and environmentally friendly. On the other hand, if the government doesn’t intervene with companies in terms of both regulation and legislation, this means that firms will only be concentrating on the accounting figures. If companies are primarily focusing on the accounting figures, this indicates that businesses are not taking in the social and environmental impact of the activities within the organisation. In (Liu, Fellows and Tuuli, 2011), it refers to corporate citizenship values in which it considers and identifies the different demands of the stakeholder groups to see where the overall value of the company comes from taking into thought the environment and
Participation can be seen as “the inclusion of a diverse range of stakeholder contributions in an on-going community development process, from identification of problem areas, to the development, implementation and management of strategic planning” (Schafft and Greenwood, 2003, p. 19).