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To prepare for this assignment, you need to be familiar with a brief history of west Eugene wetlands and basic information about the discovery of wetlands in west Eugene in 1987. In addition, this assignment is based on concepts explained in Chapter 3, "You and Your Audiences: Managing Relationships," from Business and Managerial Communication: New Perspectives (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992). Another business communication text may provide similar help in analyzing audiences and persuasion.
You need to be familiar with the concept of "uncertainty" (the difference between someone's present knowledge, beliefs, or feelings and those needed for future action or agreement in a particular situation). You also need to be able to recognize "stakeholders" (people who, for varying reasons, have an interest or "stake" in the outcome of a particular situation). See Chapter 3 for further explanation.
After becoming familiar with the basic situation, look at the list of potential stakeholders and choose four of them that you perceive to have basically different stakes or interests in the discovery of wetlands. If possible, identify some that have conflicting stakes.
Identify the individual or group, describe each person or group's interests or stakes, and each person or group's principal uncertainty at the start of this case.
Consult the timeline if you are not sure at what point a group would be likely to become aware of his own or his group's stake in the situation.
You may format this answer as a table if you prefer.
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