Stakeholders in a business

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We are all stakeholders in businesses. This means we all have interest in businesses and can influence the way it operates. We are stakeholders in schools, colleges and shops we buy things from. We are stakeholders in places were we spend money as a customer. We have interest in them because if they close down or relocated or don't stock the items we want, we would probably be inconvenienced. We have an influence on them because if we pass a remark, make a suggestion or register a complaint they may listen, and if they receive the same remark or complaint from a few customers, they would be wise to take some action.

Other stakeholders in businesses are:

* Employees and managers of the business

* Shareholders

* The local community

* The government

* Customers

The types of interest and degree of influence of each group varies between different types of stakeholders and different types of businesses.

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Main Interest or influence of each stakeholder;

There are many different examples of stakeholders and what they are interested in. Each stakeholder is interested in the business for a different reason. For example one stakeholder would be the customers. This example of stakeholder would have an interest in the business because they would want to buy the products the business is selling. They also would want more value for their money and the goods the business is selling should be meeting their expectations.

Employees

The employee would be interested in the business because they would want
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