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Actor Analysis (Step 3. Mapping Formal Relations (Characteristics and…

- - - - Use your causal diagram and system diagram; which actors can influence the important factors?
    - - who has an interest in or is affected by the problem situation or the possible solutions?
    - - when different units of an organization are involved with a problem based on their own, distinctive objectives and responsabilities, it is wise to include all these units as separate actores.
      - one unit or the whole organization? use the appropriate level, usually the higher without loosing information in the process.
      - Avoid actors on the level of "government"or the "trade and industry"
    - - Ensure that the actor network is in line with the chosen level of problem analysis.
      - Ensure that the list of actors covers a balanced set of interests and roles. If possible, at least two or three actors with different roles should be identified for each interest. Using different classificaiton schemes.
      - between 10 e 20 different actors
    - - may be beneficial divide actors into categories
        
        for example, classification based on the role and possition in a governance system.
        
        actors'interests in the problem
        
        position in a production chain
        
        energy cosumption
        
        energy provision
        
        environmental conservation
        
        economic development
        
        etc
- - - - the importance to the problem owner of resources of other actors
        
        identify critical actors, someone the problem owner needs to rely on because of its resources
        
        inventory of resources of various actors
        
        formal and informal means available
        
        formal: authority, instruments (subsides)
        
        informal: information, knowledge, manpower, money,
        
        resource dependency
        
        actor with power of realization
        
        actor with blocking power
      - the extent to which those resources are replaceable
      - the degree to which the interests and objectives of other actors are similar
      - how importante and urgent the problems is to other actors