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Identify the key stakeholders and their roles needed to achieve the organizational goals,

and recommend the collaborative interactions among the key stakeholders to facilitate the

organization’s success.

In order for Huffman Trucking to attain the company’s goals, the leaders in

management must operate together with one another to recognize the strengths and

opportunities of the company. Both elements are demonstrated by means of an internal

analysis commonly achieved using an approach such as a SWOTT analysis. Providing

that the analysis is performed accurately, applications in this internal analysis have a

tendency to produce distinct outcomes that happen to unite divisions as well as strengthen

the abilities in executing Huffman Trucking's mission. Nonetheless, it is not simple on

account of management may be busy with administrative duties in their departments.

Therefore, management is required to set up a meeting to discuss and organize a plan to

be effective in their analysis and development of organizational goals.

A stakeholder is best defined as “a person, group or organization that has direct or

indirect stake in an organization because it can affect or be affected by the organization's

actions, objectives, and policies”. (Business Dictionary, 2010). Huffman Trucking is

distinctive in that there are two divisions within the executive leadership group. The

initial division refers to the executive management team of which consists of the

President/CEO, VP of Transportation, VP of Equipment/Maintenance, VP of Real Estate

and VP of Terminal Operations. This first division group maintains the daily functions of

Huffman Trucking. The next division is the CIO office that is in charge of

communication operations. Each division and its managers are key stakeholders and

would have to participate and be associated with the internal analysis.

The recommended collaborative interaction among the key stakeholders to

facilitate the organization’s success is an "All Hands" meeting. This enables managers to

step away from their departments. Presuming that it is put together properly, a complete

record of data would be collected. Each component will produce successful collaboration

and generate new thought among managers resulting in promoting creativity and

innovation. Following resolution, the managers will bring the designated plans back to

their various departments and administer the strategy to carry out the organization’s

goals.

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