PUBPOL 5418

Strategic Stakeholder Engagement

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This graduate-level survey course addresses the key concepts and tools of stakeholder identification, mapping, analysis and engagement. Concepts, tools, and strategies may be applied across multiple sectors, including nonprofit/human services, municipal planning/government, community and economic development, and corporate/business clients or consumer-facing organizations. During this course, we will also consider how individuals working in the respective fields listed above can engage historically marginalized, underrepresented, or disadvantaged communities as part of their stakeholder engagement plans.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: Master of Public Administration (MPA) students or by permission of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Learning Outcomes

• Students will describe principles of stakeholder identification, mapping, analysis, and engagement strategies tailored to the stakeholder groups in various situations.
• Students will explore and apply stakeholder engagement tools and techniques used by municipal planners, nonprofit or human services organizations, and/or international businesses or organizations to real-world cases in our community or on campus.
• Students will analyze and develop a strategic deliverable around a stakeholder engagement scenario drawn from their own experience, an identified/approved example, or from a community-based project.

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