[373] in magellan
Re: Apropos of our earlier discussion about sponsors...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joanne Hallisey)
Thu Jan 13 07:17:33 2000
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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 06:59:46 -0500
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From: Joanne Hallisey <hallisey@MIT.EDU>
I think this definition of stakeholder falls a little short.....we should
include those who "materially lose from the enterprise".
Joanne
At 8:31 PM -0500 1/7/00, Bill Cattey wrote:
>I found reference to a "Stakeholder Information System" in my reading of
>stuff by management and self-improvement guru Stephen Covey. Apparently
>Covey sells a course on it, but having taken one of Covey's courses
>already, it would not surprise me if his presentation was short on
>detail -- probably not up to the standards of the PMBOK.
>
>Even so, I've kind of enjoyed just turning over principles in my mind, asking:
>
> What is really meant by stakeholders?
>
>Covey says it's whoever materially gains from the enterprise.
>
> What is the best way to assess the stake held?
> To communicate with the stakeholders?
> To balance conflicting stakes?
>
>etc.
>
>-wdc
