Chapters 17/18 – From our weekly chapter reading, digital preservation can be defined as

the long-term, error-free storage of digital information, with means for retrieval and
interpretation, for the entire time span the information is required to be retained.  Though
this assessment holds true to the authors, business organizations continue to face significant
challenges in meeting their LTDP needs, especially those organizations whose primary
mission is to preserve and provide access to permanent records.
Q2: Looking forward, the authors concluded that, there is going to be a great need for
collaboration between both internal and external stakeholders to develop governance
policies and strategies to govern and control information assets over long periods of time,
among other requirements.  For this to be achievable, the chapter has identified one most
important consideration that must be met.  What is that consideration?  Identify, and
provide a brief narrative to support your answer.

A stakeholder is a group, person, or firm that could be affected, or observed to be distorted

through any event, project decision, or outcome. Stakeholders either contribute directly into the
project or have requirements that may be affected through the outcome of policy. It typically
comprises project group participants: project managers, administrators, project supporters,
clients. Learning about decent stakeholder organization skills is supportive and desirable,
actively engaging through stakeholders for working over campaign, as the stakeholders were also
inclined through the product after all. If the plan is small in size, there might be a minor no of
investors (Ackermann F., 2011). But, if it is comprehensive and protracted to a big area, a large
no of stakeholders will be concerned, comprising neighborhoods or the common public. Not all
the stakeholders were similar, either. These stakeholders were having different needs and values.
Each stakeholder should be treated exclusively as per their requirements, or the stakeholders may
feel left out, which can threaten the project. Dissimilar stakeholders habitually have
contradictory prospects that could make fights within the approach. Stakeholders might also
interfere with the project, its outcomes and the project group for achieving their strategic
business objectives or other standards. Policy governance is the direction of the project by the
requirements or objectives of the stakeholders (Jamali D, 2015). For achieving organizational
goals, it is significant. It allows companies to professionally implement projects and take benefit
of a policy's assistances. It delivers a framework that lets project managers and supporters make
decisions that suit the interests of both stakeholders and organizational priorities or fix
circumstances where the stakeholder may not be aligned.

Internal stakeholder- These were the members convoluted in policy from the confidential, as the
name the is suggested. It includes:

 A sponsor

 An inner client

 A project crew

 A program manager

 Supervision

 Additional manager of the organization

External stakeholder- The external stakeholders were not convoluted directly but they were
involved from the external and they were reflected as part of the enterprise.

 An outside client

 An end-user

 Subcontractors

 A supplier
 The media

 The local communities

 The government

References
Ackermann F. & Eden C. (2011) Strategic Management of Stakeholders: Theory and Practice.
Long Range Planning. Vol. 44. 179-196.
Jamali D. (2015). A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: A Fresh
Perspective into Theory and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics. No. 82. 2130231.

Comment 1
It’s true that stakeholders are individuals who are impacted by or have any interest in the
strategy. When contributing to policy, stakeholders have various levels of responsibilities and
authority. As the policy continues, this amount will vary. It may range from sporadic donations
to total support of the campaign. Many stakeholders may also distract either passively or actively
from the strategy's progress. Such stakeholders need the attention of the team leader during the
entire life cycle of the strategy.
Comment 2
The recognition of stakeholders is a continuous procedure throughout the life cycle of the
strategy. Identifying them, recognizing their level of impact on a strategy, and addressing their
desires, needs, and aspirations are crucial to the strategy's success. As stakeholders can
negatively or positively impact the aims of a strategy, stakeholders can view policy as having
negative or positive outcomes. One of the most vital responsibilities is to handle stakeholder
expectations, which can be difficult because stakeholders often have very diverse or
contradictory priorities.