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Organizations are complex systems with multiple stakeholders. Sometimes the interests of various stakeholders can conflict.

Please give an example of a business process where the interests of two (or more) stakeholders are in opposition.

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Let's look at General Motors for this scenario. General Motors is a company that has a complex system of multiple stakeholders and, as we have most recently seen, the organization has conflicts between the various stakeholders.

In section 5.5 of General Motors' plan submitted before Congress in 2008, the company stated "GM accepts that all stakeholders need to share in the sacrifices required for a successful restructuring. Dividends on GM Common ...

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