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Discussion -1 100 Words

  A project is successful when it reaches its objectives and meets or exceeds the expectations of stakeholders. Stakeholders are people who are interested in or have a vested interest in your project. These are the people who are actively involved in the project or who have something to gain or lose from the project. When managing a project by adding lanes to a highway, motorists are affected stakeholders positively. However, you have a negative impact on residents who live near the highway during your project (with the sound of construction) and after your project, with far-reaching implications (increased noise and traffic pollution).

               It is essential to engage with appropriate and effective stakeholders in the project. The Department's strategic planning initiatives require the same commitment of stakeholders in partnership building, conflict resolution, and collaboration to develop a broader range of community and service-oriented projects. Stakeholder involvement in the project is essential because it is the crucial element of my project, as it is they who will determine the success of the pedestrian control project that I manage - as a project manager; the project implementation process is successful and productive. The method I will use to involve active stakeholders in my project is to raise awareness about pedestrian safety, hazardous areas and times, compliance with the rules of the road, the use of cell phones and iPods, and then signaling and orders (Stephen, 2017). 

               The project developer, usually an official of the organization with the authority to allocate resources and enforce decisions concerning the project is a stakeholder. The customer, subcontractors, suppliers and sometimes even the government are stakeholders. The project manager, members of the project team, and managers of other departments in the organization are also stakeholders. It is important to immediately identify all the stakeholders in your project. Abandon important stakeholders or the function of their department and not discover the mistake as long as the project will not be integrated into the project could be a project killer (Schmid, 2006).

References:

Stephen, K.M. (2017). Stakeholder Defined. Retrieved from,

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318505331_Stakeholder_defined

Fontaine, C. & Haarman, A. & Schmid, S. (2006). The stakeholder theory. Retrieved from,

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/606a/828294dafd62aeda92a77bd7e5d0a39af56f.pdf

 

Discussion -2 100 Words

 The high population density of urban centers makes it easier and more cost-effective to extend services like education, sanitation, and health to residents. However, these cities experience a significant problem in traffic flow. This assessment tends to look for solutions for managing pedestrian traffic flow in a famous downtown metropolitan district. As a project manager, I will look for ways of engaging several stakeholders.

The best people way to manage the city population is to involve relevant stakeholders. These stakeholders include urban planners, pedestrians and the city authorities. This is because these are the people who will determine success in this project. The best process of engaging stakeholders includes a trivial process. This is the necessary process for engaging stakeholders. The trivial process consists of five components ranging from identifying, analyzing, planning, acting and reviewing of stakeholders (Houghton & Stevens, 2011).

Influencing strategy is the second strategy. In this strategy, I will influence my stakeholders positively. This is the most crucial strategy because most city authorities may not realize the problem because it is experienced in most cities. In this strategy, I will select a wide range of engagement strategies that are open to me, like informing, collaborating, informing, coercing, consulting, appeasing and outvoting. Other approaches to engage my stakeholders is through soft power, reputation, attraction, and motivation (Axelsson & Granath, 2018).

The third method is to engage core stakeholders. In our city, the core stakeholders include pedestrians, local authorities, and city planners. Through these stakeholders, we can identify many tools and spaces available in the cities. Moreover, this method is more professional because we will be looking to build alliances and coalitions (Houghton & Stevens, 2011).

Another strategy of engaging stakeholders is to engage them rather than managing them. I will look for ways engaging them respectfully and optimize the chances of influencing choices. Local authorities and city planners tend to practical. By engaging them, we will find formidable solutions for reducing the pedestrian population (Ielite et al., 2015).

Discussion -3 100 Words

The role of the stakeholder in policymaking in entities is one that is gradually growing. This has meant that policymakers have to find ways to engage the stakeholders in the coming up of new or review of existing policies. (Herremans, I. M., Nazari, J. A., & Mahmoudian, F., 2016) contends that "the relationship that exists between the policymakers and the stakeholders is an important one and where there is continued engagement sustainability can be achieved". A good policy is as good as the process that was used to develop it and who was involved or not.

One of the measures that I would take to ensure engagement with the stakeholders is to hold meetings with the pedestrians themselves as a way to hear what they have to say. According to (Payne, S. L., & Calton, J. M., 2017), “participation by those affected by a policy grows its acceptance rate and this can determine the success of the comprehensive policy”. The input of the pedestrians is very important because they are the ones who will be most affected when the policy comes into effect. Engagement with this class of stakeholders will form the basis upon which the policy will be established.

Another measure to facilitate engagement with the relevant stakeholders is to hold workshops and seminars with the intent of getting to hear the feedback and an opportunity to get opinions on the state of the policy. Such a measure would be a target of stakeholders such as those from the private sector who might have opinions that would be worth implementing. Another measure that would be a good way to engage with stakeholders is through the use of the different media platforms. The media have a unique role to play as they can be used as a way to ensure there is stakeholder engagement.