{"id":135516,"date":"2021-07-06T12:24:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T04:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/?post_type=pd&#038;p=135516"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:28:15","slug":"managing-stakeholders","status":"publish","type":"pd","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/prof-development\/managing-stakeholders\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing stakeholders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;The project stakeholder is sine qua non for the measuring of project success&#8230;&#8230;To ensure a successful project, the project team must identify and engage all stakeholders, determine their requirements and expectation and manage their influence in relation to their requirements.&#8221;<br><\/strong><\/em><sup>(Buertey, Amofa and Atsrim, 2016)<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proactively working to ensure effective stakeholder identification and engagement increases the chances of bringing the project in on time and budget. This Masterclass in&nbsp;<strong>stakeholder best practice&nbsp;<\/strong>teaches you how to identify stakeholders and introduces you to a proven method for effective stakeholder management to drive business success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This highly practical program is taught by <a href=\"https:\/\/research.curtin.edu.au\/supervisor\/professor-fran-ackermann\/\">Professor Fran Ackermann<\/a>, an internationally recognised researcher and teacher in the field of business strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This masterclass is part of the Project Management Masterclass Series, which consists of five modules. Each module can be taken individually, or participants can receive a discount by enrolling in all five.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/prof-development\/project-management-masterclass-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more about the Project Management Masterclass Series.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Learning-outcomes\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Learning-outcomes\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Learning-outcomes\">Learning outcomes<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Learning-outcomes\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <ul>\n<li>You will:\n<ul>\n<li>Come away from the day with tools and techniques to identify your stakeholders and manage them effectively<\/li>\n<li>Come away from the day with the beginning of your stakeholder management plan. You will produce a map of your stakeholders, revealing the breadth of stakeholders, their relationships and effective management options.<\/li>\n<li>understand the need for stakeholder management in today\u2019s global world \u2013 both those within and external to your organisation.<\/li>\n<li>recognise that active stakeholder management will increase your organisation\u2019s chance of strategic success<\/li>\n<li>gain competency in key tools and techniques to support stakeholder identification and management<\/li>\n<li>identify and assess the impact of formal and informal relationships between stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>apply a systematic process for the management of stakeholders and produce a \u2018map\u2019 revealing the breadth of stakeholders, their relationships and management options<\/li>\n<li>learn to design effective stakeholder collaborations and acquire specific methods and frameworks for partner selection and management<\/li>\n<li>Understand that:\n<ul>\n<li>there are competing demands made by stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>stakeholders view the world through many different lenses i.e. have different interests informed by their goals<\/li>\n<li>stakeholders have varying levels and forms of power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Who-is-this-program-for?-\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Who-is-this-program-for?-\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Who-is-this-program-for?-\">Who is this program for? <\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Who-is-this-program-for?-\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>This program is ideal for middle and senior managers and executives from the private or public sector who are responsible for collaboration and making decisions about alliances and partnerships, including:<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholder Managers, Engagement Specialists, Marketing Managers, Business Development, Team Leaders, Project Managers across the private, public and not for profit sectors.<\/p>\n<p>It is also suitable if you\u2019re interested in building on your existing knowledge of strategy and\/or managing projects effectively.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Program-schedule\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Program-schedule\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Program-schedule\">Program schedule<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Program-schedule\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <table id=\"tablepress-244\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-244\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Title<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Facilitator<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">9am<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Welcome &amp; overview of the day<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Fran Ackerman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">9am to 10.30am<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Introduction to the benefits of effective stakeholder management<\/p>\n<p>Surfacing and categorising stakeholders<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Fran Ackerman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">10.30 am to 11.00am<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Networking morning tea<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">11.00am to 12.30pm<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Detecting, capitalising and managing stakeholder relationships\u00a0\u2013 Going beyond the superficial understanding<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Fran Ackerman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">12.30pm to 1.15pm<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Networking lunch<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">1.15pm to 2.30pm<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Building an in-depth understanding of key stakeholders\u00a0\u2013 What are their \u2018lenses\u2019, sanctions and support mechanisms<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Fran Ackerman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2.30pm to 3.00pm<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Networking afternoon tea<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">3.00pm to 4.30pm<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Designing action packages to manage stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>Reflection on the dynamic behaviour of stakeholders<br \/>\nWrap up<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Fran Ackerman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Resources\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Resources\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Resources\">Resources<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Resources\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><strong>Optional pre-reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/espace.curtin.edu.au\/handle\/20.500.11937\/19746\">Strategic Management of Stakeholders: Theory and Practice<\/a>,\u00a0Fran Ackermann and Colin Eden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Credit-for-recognised-learning\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Credit-for-recognised-learning\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Credit-for-recognised-learning\">Credit for recognised learning<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Credit-for-recognised-learning\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>When you complete this course, you can choose to study further, and may be eligible to receive up to 5 credit points towards Curtin\u2019s flagship MBA Programs.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Masterclass in stakeholder best practice teaches you how to identify stakeholders and introduces you to a proven method for effective stakeholder management to drive business success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":13,"template":"single-pd.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","wds_primary_pd-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"pd-categories":[57,62],"class_list":["post-135516","pd","type-pd","status-publish","hentry","pd-categories-cbs-masterclasses","pd-categories-pm-masterclass-series"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd\/135516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pd"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd\/135516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181842,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd\/135516\/revisions\/181842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pd-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd-categories?post=135516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}