Looking from Multiple Perspectives

 

STEP ONE: IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS: In order to write a successful proposal, you need to you need to examine multiple perspectives: you’ll want to represent as many people’s interests as possible as you describe your problem and solution, and you’ll want to understand your resisting audience’s inclinations as you pitch your solution.

For the following arguments, identify different people who are involved in the issue,  people who are directly impacted by the problem posed, people who officiate the policies involved, people who have legitimate concerns or investments in the conversation, or other kinds of stakeholders. 

 McKemy Junior High must reconsider its decision to cut music programs.

 a.       Directly impacted – Students, Faculty

 b.      Officiate the policies involved – Principal, the school board for their district

 c.       Legitimate concerns/investments – Students, Teachers, Parents, as well as the principal and school board. 

 

* ASU’s dry campus policy is injurious to the students and should be amended.

 a.       Directly Impacted – Students

b.      Officiate the policies involved – School governing board

c.       Legitimate concerns/investments – Parents, students

 

* I propose that the ASU adopts a stricter campus security in order to keep vagrants and other potentially dangerous individuals off the school grounds.

a. Directly impacted – Students, homeless people, security guards

b. Officiate the policies involved – School governing board, Tempe police, voters

 c. Legitimate concerns/investments – Security Guards, parents, Students, teachers.

 

STEP TWO: Develop Context: how do these stakeholders interact with one another? Do they have the same interests, attitudes, or ideas? What do they agree on and what do they disagree on? Pick one of the debates from the first page and develop a profile for each stakeholder: what are their commonly held values, objectives, or beliefs? What kinds of information or experiences get factored into their decisions?

 

 

#1 - The students who are dealing with the homeless people do not have the same views as the homeless people themselves.  The homeless are just looking for a place to sleep and mind their own business where as the students might like to study or take a nap right where they are. 

 #2 - The school board believes that students safety is number one, as do security guards.  But the Tempe police might not want to invest into something that is not directly causing a problem now.

 

 #3 - Parents want their students to be safe. so they will be for whatever the school board says.  But then the students might not like it if that means that living and tuition goes up.

 

 STEP THREE: Research: What would be the best method to represent or address these perspectives in a proposal essay?

 

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