Talk:Stakeholder theory

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[edit] Proposed Merger

The articles on Stakeholder (corporate) and Stakeholder theory pertain to precisely the same subject matter. They can easily be merged. I believe the appropriate method would be to combine all the material into the Stakeholder theory article and make Stakeholder (corporate) a redirect. There are some additional redirects currently out there, such as Stakeholder view, which might need adjustment. -- WikiPedant 17:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

MERGE COMPLETED. -- WikiPedant 13:46, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

WHOA -- Changed my mind. After following links, I decided that Stakeholder (corporate) is a valid, distinct article. So I have reinstated it, but also rewritten it to keep the focus explicitly on the term "stakeholder." I have moved all material relating to Stakeholder theory to the article on Stakeholder theory. -- WikiPedant 14:47, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A simple contribution...

Dear Colleagues,

About the origin of the concept of "Stakeholder", please see MITROFF, I. Stakeholders of The Organizational Mind. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1983. This concept might have appeared before 1984, since in Mitroff's text published in 1983, he states: "Why should students of organizations and those whom I call reflective managers be interested in such an approach and what does it promise to do for them? There are a number of responses to this question. The first is that whether or not it is liked, the modern large-scale corporation is buffeted by a growing disparate array of forces, many of which seem increasingly beyond its control. Along with many others, I call these forces stakeholders in contrast to the more limited term stockholder. stakeholders are all those interest groups, parties, actores, claimants, and institutions-both internal and external to the corporation-that exert a hold on it. That is, stakeholders are those parties who either affect or who are affected by a corporation's actions, behavior, and policies. Stakeholders typically comprise a much larger group than does the more limited class of claimants known as stockholders". This is a contribution offered for a reflexion.

Sicerely, ˜˜˜˜