GPS 405 · Unit 3 of 6
Impact Theories and Stakeholder Design
Social Enterprise and Impact Measurement
Start unit · 4 lessons →Unit overview
This unit develops impact theories, stakeholder design, and governance using Solara Foods as the anchor. You will apply stakeholder salience, impact governance charter, beneficiary voice, equity-centered design to a live decision: Stakeholder governance model with published decision rules
Learning objectives
By the end of this unit, you should be able to:
- Explain core vocabulary for impact theories, stakeholder design, and governance in plain language with Solara Foods examples
- Apply stakeholder salience to structure options, assumptions, and tradeoffs
- Build reconciled evidence tables with leading indicators and guardrail metrics
- Produce a decision memo with kill criteria and stakeholder dissent
Solara scenario
Ghana cocoa co-investment board disputes whether yield or income is primary impact metric. Redesign cocoa board with farmer cooperative voting rights
Lessons in this unit
- Foundations and framing
- Concepts, mechanics, and operating rhythm
- Frameworks, evidence, and tradeoffs
- Applied decisions, case analysis, and executive synthesis
Assessment
Complete the unit knowledge check and applied exercise after Lesson 4. The exercise asks for a two-page memo on Stakeholder governance model with published decision rules with reconciliation checks and kill criteria.
Unit assessment
Complete each section below. Score 80%+ on the quiz to finish this unit's assessment.
Exercises
Apply what you learned in this unit with structured practice.
Deliverable
300–500 word analysis document saved to your portfolio under GPS 405.
Rubric
- • Framework applied correctly (not just named)
- • Specific evidence from a real example
- • Clear recommendation with tradeoffs acknowledged
- • Professional writing with source citation
Deliverable
Problem solutions + 150-word reflection in your GPS 405 workbook.
Rubric
- • Attempted all practice items before checking answers
- • Honest reflection on errors
- • Identifies a specific review action
Case analysis
Analyze a case using frameworks from this unit.
Deliverable
2-page case write-up in your portfolio.
Rubric
- • Case facts are accurate and sourced
- • Analysis uses unit frameworks explicitly
- • Recommendation is justified with tradeoffs
- • Risks are specific, not generic
Knowledge quiz
Check your understanding before marking the unit complete.
1. Solara Foods faces: Ghana cocoa co-investment board disputes whether yield or income is primary impact metric. Which framing best matches executive decision practice?
2. Which evidence label is correctly applied for Solara Foods?
3. Omar Haddad asks which framework fits Redesign cocoa board with farmer cooperative voting rights. Best answer?
4. Finance challenges a $4K-scale recommendation in GPS 405. What passes scrutiny?
5. Which kill criterion is strongest for impact theories, stakeholder design, and governance?
6. Stakeholder dissent is healthiest when:
7. Best one-sentence decision ask for this unit?
8. Solara Foods operates in 42 markets. What mistake should you avoid?