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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Business
Lesson Topic: internal stakeholders and external stakeholders
Learning Objective/s:
  • Identify internal and external stakeholder groups.
  • Compare their interests, influence, and relationship to the business.
  • Explain why stakeholder analysis is essential for strategic decisions.
  • Apply a stakeholder power‑interest map to assess selected groups.
  • Evaluate how effective stakeholder communication can enhance business sustainability.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector and screen
  • PowerPoint presentation on stakeholder concepts
  • Printed stakeholder analysis worksheets
  • Whiteboard and markers
  • Sticky notes or index cards for group activity
  • Laptop for teacher use
 Introduction:
Begin with a quick poll: Who influences the decisions you make every day? Students recall previous lessons on business objectives, linking them to the people behind those goals. Explain that today they will distinguish internal from external stakeholders and learn how to map their power and interest. Success will be demonstrated by completing a stakeholder map for a case business.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5'): Students list all people who affect a local shop they know and share briefly.
  2. Mini‑lecture (10'): Define stakeholder, present internal vs. external examples with slides.
  3. Guided analysis (10'): Teacher models a power‑interest grid using a sample company.
  4. Group activity (15'): Teams receive a case study, identify internal and external stakeholders, and place them on a grid with sticky notes.
  5. Whole‑class debrief (10'): Groups present findings; teacher highlights differences in influence and interests.
  6. Formative check (5'): Quick quiz/exit ticket on definitions and reasons for stakeholder analysis.
Conclusion:
Summarise that internal stakeholders have direct, contractual links while external stakeholders influence from outside, and both must be considered in strategic planning. Students complete an exit ticket naming one internal and one external stakeholder for a chosen business and suggest one way to engage each. For homework, they research a real company’s recent stakeholder report and prepare a brief reflection.