Stakeholder Analysis Read the New York Times article “Front Line in Day Laborer Battle Runs Right Outside Home Depot” (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/national/10depot.html) and answer the following questions: 1) What stakeholders are involved in this situation and what are their interests? 2) What stakeholder is most important in this case and why? 3) What legal and ethical issues does the company face in this case? 4) What action should the company take and why?

Assignment

Using the DMV Case Study and the Stakeholder Analysis Exercise spreadsheet provided, you will complete the three columns of the spreadsheet for each of the ten stakeholder groups listed on the spreadsheet.

First, explain the interest or concern that the stakeholder has in the development of the EA. Then, identify their “class” or role in the EA as one of the four shown above (Key Player, Keep Satisfied, Keep Informed, or Minimal Effort). Finally, briefly explain your reasoning for selecting the class/role that you did.

Complete the spreadsheet and submit it via your Assignments Folder by the due date shown in the class schedule. Note: The filename of your submission should include your last name. An example would be: Smith_Stakeholder_Analysis.xls.

Utilization-focused evaluation is founded on the notion that an evaluation design must be responsive to the needs of those who will use its results. Other schools of thought may not view utilization as the driving force in the same way. Nonetheless, the point of all evaluation research is to have the findings used.

For this Assignment, step back from the evaluation you have been planning for your Final Project, and think about how the results will be used.

Submit by Day 7 a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

• Identify which stakeholders you would involve and their roles in the evaluation process.
• Identify what you see as each stakeholder’s interest in the program you selected, and in the evaluation results.
• Identify any ethical issues that should be considered.
• Determine whether you will be able to meet their needs with the evaluation you have planned so far.
• After thinking about your evaluation from various angles, analyze ways in which you envision the need for the evaluation and the end results being put to use.
• Explain any changes that this analysis suggests for the remaining sections of your design that you have already developed.