The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of stakeholder theory for organisational development and contribute to the knowledge of operational stakeholder management.
The paper presents a case study in a micro‐enterprise where data have been collected as participant observations.
Stakeholder theory suggests that to be sustainable, organisations must find a balance between different stakeholder interests. The paper presents a case study where a stakeholder model has been tested in a micro‐enterprise. Results include a revised model based on the experiences from the case. The stakeholder model has been adapted to accommodate a process approach and the PDSA‐cycle.
The model can be used when wanting to develop a structured management system based on stakeholder interests.
The paper has a vast content of originality as not as much has been written about stakeholder management from an empirical point of view as from a theoretical.
