title: Project Stakeholder Management in the Clinical Research Environment: How to Do it Right.
abstract: This review introduces a conceptual framework for understanding stakeholder management (ShM) in the clinical and community-based research environment. In recent years, an evolution in practice has occurred in many applicants for public and non-governmental funding of public health research in hospital settings. Community health research projects are inherently complex, have sought to involve patients and other stakeholders in the center of the research process. Substantial evidence has now been provided that stakeholder involvement is essential for management effectiveness in clinical research. Feedback from stakeholders has critical value for research managers inasmuch as it alerts them to the social, environmental, and ethical implications of research activities. Additionally, those who are directly affected by program development and clinical research, the patients, their families, and others, almost universally have a strong motivation to be involved in the planning and execution of new program changes. The current overview introduces a conceptual framework for ShM in the clinical research environment and offers practical suggestions for fostering meaningful stakeholder engagement. The fifth edition of PMBOK(®) of the Project Management Institute, has served as basis for many of the suggested guidelines that are put forward in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health, New York University Medical Center , New York, NY , USA.
authors.forename: Seithikurippu R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pandi-Perumal
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College , New York, NY , USA.
authors.forename: Sohel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akhter
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health, New York University Medical Center , New York, NY , USA.
authors.forename: Ferdinard
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zizi
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health, New York University Medical Center , New York, NY , USA.
authors.forename: Girardin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jean-Louis
authors.affiliation: District Mental Health Programme, Madurai Medical College , Madurai , India ; Division of Community Psychiatry, M. S. Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation , Madurai , India.
authors.forename: Chellamuthu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramasubramanian
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Darden School of Business , Charlottesville, VA , USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Edward Freeman
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine , Columbia, SC , USA ; University of South Carolina , Columbia, SC , USA.
authors.forename: Meera
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narasimhan
keywords: PCORI; PMBOK; PMI; clinical research; code of ethics; professional conduct; project stakeholder management