Assignment: Course Project, Part I – Identifying Stakeholders

Note: Please review the Course Project Overview in Week 1 before beginning this assignment.

For this assignment, you will identify people (positions) who are affected by or involved in the transfer enrollment process (stakeholders), their offices/departments within the university, and their roles/interests in the process*. In other words, “Who has a dog in the transfer fight?”

Use PowerPoint or the drawing function in Word to display the information graphically on slides or paper. Arrange stakeholder textboxes according to their level of authority on campus. The person/position with the highest level of authority will appear at the top of the slide or paper and the person/position with the lowest level of authority will appear at the bottom of the slide or paper. Boxes may be grouped at different levels in between (see diagram below).

For example, the provost will be affected by a change in transfer credit policy because the additional transfer students who enroll will progress through the institution more quickly (having received credit for major courses taken at other institutions). The provost is a high-ranking person at the university, so her box would appear close to the top of the slide or page.

The parking coordinator also may be affected by a change in transfer credit policy. More second- and third-year students mean more cars, and more cars mean more parking. The position of parking coordinator would appear closer to the bottom of the slide or page.

Each textbox should include the following information:

1. Stakeholder’s position (e.g., parking coordinator)

2. Office/department within university (e.g., physical plant)

3. Interest/role in process (e.g., additional transfer students will require additional parking spaces)