Huffman Trucking History
Huffman Trucking History A native of Cleveland, Ohio, K. Huffman founded Huffman Trucking in 1936 with a single tractor-trailer. The growth of the company was the direct result of World War II and the increased demand for carrier services between factories in the Midwest to ports on the East Coast. By 1945, the fleet had increased in size to 16 tractors and 36 trailers. The business relationship forged with the U.S. Government continues today. Huffman Trucking continued to grow from internal sales and the acquisition of five Eastern regional carriers. This growth has enabled Huffman Trucking to continue to be privately held. You are a management team in a selected virtual organization. Your business is shifting its focus and has indicated innovation as a high priority. To integrate innovation into the culture of the company even further, an employee measurement and reward system is being developed by your team. Write a business proposal. Determine how you might measure and reward employees for innovative thinking and write an informal proposal of your ideas to the organization’s CEO or founder. Your proposal must be at least 500 words and include the following: • Define how success will be measured. • Describe how the system will affect the hiring process. • Describe how employees will be rewarded for innovative thinking. • Describe how the system might affect financial management, investor relations, and market perceptions among shareholders.