Assessment of Stakeholder Management Practice in Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Projects: The Case of Destiny Ethiopia Project
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bahran Asrat (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mesfin Getachew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-12T08:43:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-12T08:43:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Empirically assessing Stakeholder engagement practices of the Destiny Ethiopia project, understanding how the diverse stakeholders may try to influence the project and understanding the response strategy enacted to respond to the stakeholder’s pressure are the primary objectives of this study. The study is limited to the stakeholder management knowledge area in donor-funded project in Ethiopia. The study applied a case study methodology and uses a qualitative research approach. The entire project team of seven employees were the study population. Primary data was collected using a structured pre-determined interview guide and the transcribed verbatim narrative text was thematically analyzed together with the secondary information obtained from the project and other publications. The findings shown project team utilizes a combination of methods to identify stakeholders which include Brain storming, expert’s opinion, stakeholders’ forum, and snowballing. The stakeholder analysis largely use the power interest stakeholder Analysis Matrix. Based on the analysis a communication strategy which uses face to face, electronic, written and different media engagement formats was developed, implemented and monitored. The stakeholder related challenges faced by the DE project was largely related to unclear or unreasonable stakeholders. Stakeholders used directly putting conditions on usage of resources, lobbying, letter-writing campaign, and organizing other stakeholders, to shape their salience. The project at the same time enacted largely acquiescence and compromise and sometimes defiance as a response strategy. And the approach taken was a mixture of reactive and proactive approaches. The study concluded that the stakeholder management practice of DE is largely consistent with practices outlined on different project management literatures therefore it is done very well. The stakeholder analysis could be improved using additional tools. The influence strategies used and the response strategies enacted call for higher level of pro-activeness which can be achieved by having a separate unit to manage stakeholders. A separate unit for stakeholders management, a more robust identification mechanism, a more dynamic analysis approach and tools which can capture the dynamism in stakeholders position and a more proactive engagement were recommendations given for the betterment of stakeholder management in similar projects. Keywords: Project management, stakeholders, stakeholder management, Destiny Ethiopia project | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2284 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.title | Assessment of Stakeholder Management Practice in Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Projects: The Case of Destiny Ethiopia Project | |
| dc.type | Thesis |