Social Assessment Tools
Social assessment, also known as social impact assessment, reviews a society's political climate, social climate, economic trends and immigration. There are a number of simple tools used to conduct social assessments. These are most often used by social workers and aid workers visiting a foreign country.
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Stakeholder Analysis
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Stakeholder analysis looks at the primary groups in a social environment. The analysis examines the groups, their interests, needs, influences, and how much power they have in the overall social environment. Stakeholder analysis is often performed by administering surveys to group leaders and their constituents.
Identification of Social Factors
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Qualitative research techniques are used to identify the factors of the social environment. These factors are what would stop the social environment from functioning if they were to become absent. By listening to different social groups and elected leaders, these factors can be easily revealed. Examples may include the need to generate income or maintain a strong family structure.
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Data Collection
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Administering the survey on a large scale will allow you to gain access to a large data set, which you can aggregate and then analyze to find common patterns. Gathering this data will require the local population in the social environment to participate, so it is important to establish guidelines and procedures to lead the administration of the data collection.
Priority Assessment
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Once you've analyzed and reported on the data and information collected, it is important that the social assessors meet with the stakeholders in the social environment. This gives the stakeholders a chance to review the results of the assessment and correct any misinterpretations that the administrators of the assessment may have concluded. Once the priorities of the social environment have been established, stakeholders can work to put together actionable plans to meet the goals that are set by the priority list.
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