Stakeholder management practices of the forestry Commission: a case study of the youth in afforestation Programme.
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NOVEMBER, 2019
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The Forest Commission in the Bono Region of Ghana face challenges from different people
and groups by serving multiple stakeholders with potentially conflicting needs and interests.
The study examined the stakeholder management practices of the forestry commission: a case
study of sustainable development in the youth in afforestation program.
Purposive sampling was used to select the (10) stakeholder organizations comprising of 10
Project/Program managers from the various public authorities, ten (10) Heads of
Organizations/other senior staff , fifteen (15) traditional rulers and ten (10) opinion leaders
(Assembly members and Chiefs) representing the five communities.
Structured questionnaire was used to obtain information from the respondents while semi
structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from traditional rulers and opinion
leaders from the various community.
It was revealed that though there are common interests, stakes and responsibilities shared by
the various stakeholders, there are many and conflicting interests indeed, enough to make a
clearer understanding of any trade-offs equally complex and confusing to ordinary none
professional actors of the sector. This was followed by an assessment of the various
management practices implored or expected to be used by the Forestry Commission in
managing their stakeholders, from which came out a number of revelations prominent among
which were: one stop Stakeholder identification and analysis, no or less technical
Stakeholder Categorization, planning and engagements and communication. And here again,
the findings revealed that the Forest Industry is highly dependent on human numbers and for
that matter collaboration and networking for its operations and success. The study concluded
that many challenges encountered were due to youth allowance delays, conflict of interest,
high cost management, lack of social drive and limited understanding and appreciation of the
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afforestation project in sustainable development of the communities because it does not
yield bread and butter to meet the immediate needs of beneficiaries but rather some intangible
long yielding deliverables. The researcher recommend that stakeholder management practice
should always look at the holistic development or the bigger picture of the communities and
to avoid seeking individual or personal gains as the reasons for their participation in project
implementation, additionally, all relevant stakeholders should always be identified from
project inception and all partnering, collaborative and other terms well explained to all
stakeholders at all levels.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction
Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of Degree of the Master of Science in project management.
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Stakeholder Management Practices