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B&S Chapter 3
MAN 320F
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Management
Undergraduate 3
06/15/2014

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Stake
Definition
an interest in or a share in an undertaking
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Stakeholder
Definition
an individual or group that has one or more of the various kinds of stakes in the organization
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Production View of the Firm
Definition
owners though of stakeholders as only those individuals or groups that supplied resources or bough products or services
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Managerial View of the Firm
Definition
business firms began to see their responsibilities toward other major constituent groups to be essential if they were to be successful
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Stakeholder View of the Firm
Definition
the management must perceive as stakeholders not only those groups that the management thinks have some stake in the firm but also those that themselves think or perceive they have a stake in the firm
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Primary Social Stakeholders
Definition
have a direct stake in the organiztion and its success and, therefore, are most influential
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Secondary Social Stakeholders
Definition
may be extremely influenctial as well, especially in affecting reputation and public standing, but their stake in the organization is more indirect
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Legitimacy
Definition
the perceived validity or appropriateness of a stakeholder's claim to a stake
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Power
Definition
the ability or capacity to produce an effect - to get something done that otherwise may not be done
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Urgency
Definition
the degree to which the stakeholder claim on the business calls for the business's immediate attention or response
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Proximity
Definition
the spatial distance between the organization and its stakeholders
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Strategic Approach
Definition
views stakeholders primarily as factors to be taken into consideration and managed while the firm pursues profits for its shareholders
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Multifiduciary Approach
Definition
views stakeholders as more than just individuals or groups who can wield economic or legal power
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Stakeholder Synthesis Approach
Definition

it holds that business does have moral responsibilites to stakeholders but that they should not be seen as part of a fiduciary obligation

 

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Descriptive Value
Definition
it provides language and concepts to describe effectively the corporation or organization in inclusive terms
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Instrumental Value
Definition
it is useful in portraying the relationship between the practice of stakeholder management and the resulting achievement of corporate performance goals
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Normative Value
Definition

stakeholders are seen as possessing value irrespective of their instrumental use to management

 

considered the moral or ethical view because it emphasizes how stakeholders should be treated

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Supportive Stakeholder
Definition
high on potential for cooperation and low on potential for threat
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Marginal Stakeholder
Definition
low on both potential for threat and potential for cooperation
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Nonsupportive Stakeholder
Definition
high on potential for threat but low on potential for cooperation
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Mixed-Blessing Stakeholder
Definition
high on both potential for threat and potential for cooperation
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Stakeholder Thinking
Definition
the process of always reasoning in stakeholder terms throughout the management process, and especially when organizations' decisions and actions have important implications for others
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Stakeholder Culture
Definition
embraces the beliefs, values and practices that organizations have developed for addressing stakeholder issues and relationships
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Agency Culture
Definition
not concerned with others
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Corporate Egoist and Instrumentalist
Definition

limited morality, which focus mostly on the firm's shareholders as the important stakeholders

 

focus on short-term profit maximization

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Moralist and Altruist
Definition
morally based and provide the development of a corporate culture that most broadly conceives of responsibilities to others
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Stakeholder Management Capability (SMC)
Definition
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Rational level
Definition
descriptive and somewhat analytical, because the legitimacy of stakes, the stakeholders' power and urgency are identified
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Process Level
Definition
develop and implement approaches, procedures, policies and practices by which the firm may scan the environment and receive pertinent information about stakeholders, which is then used for decision-making purposes
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Transactional Level
Definition
the highest goal for stakeholder mangement - the extent to which managers actually engage in transactions (relationships) with stakeholders
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Stakeholder Engagement
Definition
an approach by which companies implement the transactional level of strategic management capability
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Stakholder Corporation
Definition
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Stakeholder Inclusiveness
Definition
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Stakeholder Symbiosis
Definition
recognizes that all stakeholders depend on each other for their success and financial well-being
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Principles of Stakeholder Management

 

(The Clarkson Principles)

Definition
intended to provide managers with guiding precepts regarding how stakeholders should be treated
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Governing Philosophy
Definition

integrating stakeholder management into the firm's governing philosophy

 

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Values Statement
Definition
create a stakeholder-incluse "values statement"
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Measurement System
Definition
implement a stakeholder performance measurement system
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