In Service of News Subscribers: Exploring Belgian Journalists’ Perceptions of Stakeholder Relations in the Digital News Ecosystem

This qualitative paper contends that as news media are faced with growing commercial pressures and changing news consumption habits, they need to rethink their relationship with two of their main stakeholders: readers and advertisers. Multi-stakeholder marketing provides a useful conceptual framework for such an exercise, since it invites media practitioners to reconcile the conflicting interests of different stakeholders. This study aims to understand journalists’ levels of multi-stakeholder thinking regarding advertisers and readers. To explore how contemporary journalists see their role with regard to distinct stakeholders in the news ecosystem, we interviewed 14 Belgian journalists working for legacy and digital native news media. The goal of this exploratory study is to examine (1) how journalists perceive and rethink their dependence on readers and advertisers in the digital news ecosystem and (2) how their perception of the digital news ecosystem influences their attitudes towards these stakeholders. Findings indicate that journalists tend to see the value of readers in monetary terms and believe increasing reader revenue will help journalism survive. Other types of reader value (feedback, expertise, and content) are peripheral. This focus on subscribers also seems to coincide with a devaluation of other stakeholders like advertisers and non-paying readers.

Stakeholder Relations Perspectives in Managing Nigeria’s Rising Crimes

In today’s Nigerian society, crime represents a critical stakeholder. The unprecedented rise in crimes, such as, armed robbery, cultism, kidnapping, terrorism, banditry and cattle rustling has constrained the Nigerian government to introduce several crime fighting approaches. Despite government efforts, especially through State security forces, crimes have assumed a worsening dimension with increasing cases of attacks and abduction of villagers, worshippers, travellers and other settlers around Nigeria. Schools around the country are not spared, as both students and staff of different levels of educational institutions are kidnapped for ransom and sometimes killed by bandits and terrorists. Many Nigerian farmers have also been forced to abandon their farms due to incessant attacks. Not only are lives and property threatened, the Nigerian economy is also distressed by the impacts of insecurity on agriculture and the attendant hike in the prices of essential food commodities. Following the seeming inability of regular government crime fighting approaches to substantially deal with Nigeria’s rising insecurity, this paper examined the application of stakeholder relations perspectives to approach the country’s worsening insecurity. The qualitative paper combined Stakeholder and Relational Dialectics as theoretical cornerstone. It examined the impacts of some crime-yielding challenges, such as, illiteracy, unemployment, poverty, economic inequality and pseudo-social participation on the meteoric rise in crime in Nigeria. The paper recommended the application of dialogue in managing the rising militia activities and crimes. It was also recommended that beyond equipping State security formations, Nigerian government should direct attention to the conditions that breed crimes in the country.

Stakeholder Engagement in Management Studies: Current and Future Debates

Stakeholder engagement refers to the aims, practices, and impacts of stakeholder relations in businesses and other organizations. According to a general framework, stakeholder engagement has four dimensions: examining stakeholder relations, communicating with stakeholders, learning with (and from) stakeholders, and integrative stakeholder engagement. Stakeholder engagement is increasingly used in areas like strategic management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and sustainability management, while stakeholder-engagement research in marketing, finance, and human resources (HR) is still less common. Two main camps in the stakeholder-engagement literature exist: the strategic and the normative. To foster an inclusive understanding of stakeholder engagement, future research in both camps is needed. While the strategic camp necessitates a relational view, including both the firm and the stakeholder perspectives, the normative camp requires novel philosophical underpinnings, such as humanism and ecocentrism. Furthermore, there is constant debate about the argument that stakeholder engagement is, and should be, most importantly, practical. Stakeholder-engagement research should focus on solving real-life problems with practical consequences intended to make people’s lives better.

Impression Management Komunitas Daring

Beragam tantangan yang dihadapi ibu masa kini membuat keberadaan komunitas mendapat sambutan hangat. Halo Ibu sebagai komunitas berbasis media daring hadir sebagai tempat bagi ibu saling berbagi dan mendukung. Dalam menjaga eksistensinya, komunitas membutuhkan hubungan baik dengan stakeholder. Penelitian kualitatif deskriptif ini bertujuan mengetahui impression management yang dilakukan komunitas dalam membangun hubungan dengan stakeholder. Konsep utama yang digunakan adalah impression management, stakeholder relations theory, dan komunitas. Metode pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui in-depth interview dengan pendiri dan anggota komunitas. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa panggung depan terjadi di Instagram, website, Youtube dan Grup WhatsApp, sementara panggung belakang terjadi saat rapat komunitas. Stakeholder komunitas terbagi menjadi stakeholder utama (ibu) dan stakeholder pendukung (brand, komunitas lain serta selebriti). Strategi impression management dilakukan berbeda untuk kedua stakeholder. Kepada stakeholder utama diterapkan strategi ingratiation, exemplification serta self-supplication. Kemudian strategi self promotion dan exemplification dilakukan pada stakeholder pendukung. Penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa ibu menjadi stakeholder yang paling diprioritaskan dalam upaya impression management. Keberadaan anggota komunitas yang aktif dan suportif menjadi kunci untuk menarik stakeholder pendukung agar bekerja sama. Given modern mothers’s challenges, the existence of community is warmly welcomed. Halo Ibu as online media-based community is there to be place for mothers to share and support each other. In order to exist and thrive community requires good support from stakeholders. Thus, the purpose of this qualitative descriptive research is to acquire the impression management of daring community to build relations with stakeholders. The main concepts used are impression management, stakeholder relations theory and community. Data gathering method used is observasion and in-depth interview with the pendiri and member of community. The results show that front stage of community are community’s onlie media: Instagram, Website, YouTube and WhatsApp Group, while back stage is community’s meeting session. Two stakeholders for community are as follows: main stakeholder (mothers) and supportive stakeholder (brands/sponsors, other community and public figure). Halo Ibu uses different strategy to build and maintain relation with respective stakeholders. With mothers: ingratiation, exemplification and self-supplication. Meanwhile, with supportive stakeholders: self-promotion and exemplification. This research concludes that mothers being the most prioritized stakeholder on impression management because the existence of active and supportive community members is the key to attract supportive stakeholders to work together.

FORMATION OF PARTNERSHIP STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS AT CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES: ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS

The urgency of forming partner stakeholder relations at construction enterprises (BP) in the conditions of slow growth or decrease of the main indicators of the state functioning, negative influence of external and internal factors, unstable socio-economic and political situation in the state is determined. It is proved that in the construction sector there are processes of slowing down the index of construction products with increasing total area of residential and non-residential buildings. Based on the study of theoretical and methodological provisions, formed approaches to the definition of stakeholders: functional; structural; process; an approach based on identifying threats affecting stakeholders; strategic; social; retrospective; complex; resource. Sound approaches allowed to propose the definition of stakeholders of construction companies, which are characterized as individuals and (or) legal entities or groups of persons interacting in the construction sector on the basis of strategic contours and social directions and determined by functional, resultant, structural, process, strategic, complex features. the relationship of which has a certain level of risk and threat, which allows to form a contractual relationship in capital construction, to carry out architectural control, appropriate calculations, provided by the project documentation, material and labor resources. The types of stakeholders of construction companies are identified based on the characteristics of internal and external stakeholders interacting with construction companies, which allowed to form economic and organizational support for the formation and implementation of stakeholder relations and build a quantitative basis for sound management decisions to strengthen their financial condition. A quantitative basis for the creation and development of stakeholder partnerships has been formed. Keywords: stakeholders, partners, construction companies, management decisions. JEL Classіfіcatіon C02, C53, D20, M11 Formulas: 0; fig.: 5; tabl.: 3; bibl.: 22.

STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE FUNCTIONING OF CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES

The necessity of providing stakeholder relations at construction enterprises is proved. Insufficient level of formation and implementation of the strategy of stakeholder relations and attraction of domestic and foreign investors has been identified. This affects the investment attractiveness of construction companies. The purpose of the research on determining the directions and features of the formation of stakeholder relations of construction companies has been achieved. In this context, the following tasks have been solved: identification of stakeholders of construction companies; characteristics of types of stakeholders that interact with construction companies; determination of directions of formation of stakeholder relations of construction enterprises; highlighting the features of the formation of stakeholder relations of construction companies. The normative-legal base concerning formation and realization of stakeholder relations of construction enterprises is characterized. The directions of formation of stakeholder relations of construction enterprises are determined: informing of information-analytical support on maintenance of stakeholder relations of construction enterprises; identification of factors influencing the formation of stakeholder relations of construction companies; characteristics of indicators that determine stakeholder relations; development of a multilevel system of indicators used to assess the level of efficiency of stakeholder relations of construction companies; assessment of local, generalizing, integral indicators of the level of efficiency of stakeholder relations; construction of a model of the influence of factors on the integrated indicator of the level of efficiency of stakeholder relations of construction enterprises; forecasting changes in the integrated indicator of the level of efficiency of stakeholder relations of construction companies; development of measures to increase the efficiency of stakeholder relations of construction companies; development of scenarios for stakeholder relations in construction companies. Peculiarities of their realization at construction enterprises are singled out.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE FACTORS OF INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ON THE FORMATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS

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Management of records at Statistics South Africa: Challenges and prospects

In South Africa, government departments are under legislative obligations to adopt a systematic and organised approach to the management of records. This is because sound records management is fundamental for good governance and effective and efficient administration of government units. This article analyses records management trends at Statistics South Africa (StatsSA). Qualitative desktop research was used with key legislative and policy sources, StatsSA documents and international literature. The study revealed that numerous challenges existed in the organisation’s records management. These challenges include: creation of the record retention and disposal authority granted by the Archivist; stakeholder relations and engagement; compliance with the National Archives and Records Services of South Africa (NARSSA) Act No. 43 of 1996 as the primary legislation for records and archives management in South Africa; and digitalization and transformation. The article recommends that the resource centre be digitalized by adopting the Millennium and Sierra Integrated Library Systems software for records management, skills development archiving and enhanced stakeholder relations. An effective and efficient records and archives management system promotes good governance, accountability, and transparency.