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Robin Hood's Strategic Challenges

Robin Hood faces strategic problems as his band grows larger. The increased membership leads to less discipline and drains their financial reserves by requiring more food. Robin Hood must also determine the best strategy for weakening the Sheriff, whether by killing him or accepting another offer. As the leader, Robin Hood sets the vision and goals for the band, delegates tasks, and collects money from the rich to give to the poor. The band's external environment presents issues as more people increases the demand on food resources and makes it harder to hide in the forest. Robin Hood's centralized structure struggles as the group grows larger due to less ability to oversee everyone. The band's values of helping the poor influence their goal of weakening opponents like the Sheriff

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Robin Hood's Strategic Challenges

Robin Hood faces strategic problems as his band grows larger. The increased membership leads to less discipline and drains their financial reserves by requiring more food. Robin Hood must also determine the best strategy for weakening the Sheriff, whether by killing him or accepting another offer. As the leader, Robin Hood sets the vision and goals for the band, delegates tasks, and collects money from the rich to give to the poor. The band's external environment presents issues as more people increases the demand on food resources and makes it harder to hide in the forest. Robin Hood's centralized structure struggles as the group grows larger due to less ability to oversee everyone. The band's values of helping the poor influence their goal of weakening opponents like the Sheriff

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Archana Warrier

BPS 4305 – 007


Bochler

Case 1: Robin Hood

a) What is strategy?
Strategy is a plan invented to reach a specific goal. It is an implemented method
of following certain steps so that the organization practicing this strategy hits
the desired target while keeping up a competitive advantage.

b) What strategic problems does Robin Hood have?


Problems within Robin Hood’s strategy involved the ramifications of having an
increased number of members in his band. At first he mentions how
membership is the key to his success yet the larger the group the more problems
it caused. The increase in members showed a direct correlation to lack of
discipline and devotion as well as it drowned their financial reserves because of
the more food they needed to buy to satisfy everyone. He also faces problems
regarding the Sheriff and what the best method was to weaken him; either kill
him or possibly accept Barons offer.

c) What is the role of the organizational leader as strategist and articulator of


global goals?
Robin Hood deemed himself supreme leader this gave him a myriad of duties.
First and foremost he created the band and found the members. He was the final
decision maker when it came to all motions and he delegated tasks to other
members. He also set forth the vision and mission of the band and reminded
others of their final priority. Robin Hood also was the one who collected money
and taxes from the rich and gave to the poor.

d) What are some issues in this organization’s external environment?


When it comes to the external issues two factors are considered: The resources
and the forest. The resources; food was being an issue as new travelers and the
increase in membership were dwindling the food supply and causing a
competitive need to stay one step ahead. The forest; with more and more people
their band was becoming more visible and known that it was harder to hide and
practice their ways in the shadows.

e) What is the relationship of the organization’s internal structure to its


environment?
The relationship that the organization structure has to its environment is that is
was a centralized structure. Robin Hood was head and knew all. As the group
grew due to external environmental changes Robin Hood had a harder time
knowing who and what to focus on and it slowly became more decentralized.
f) How do group values or culture influence strategy making?
The group’s values of unity and profit for the poor were what gave Robin Hood
the idea for creating this mission and finding members to follow the same ideals.
The values of the band became the group’s future goals. The groups culture is
what brought them together, the Merrymen wanted to be a part of something
that was bigger than themselves and help those in need. And to do this in the
name of brotherhood was the main focal point when identifying how to set and
implement the goals they founded.

g) What strategy can Robin Hood implement?


Robin Hood’s strategy should focus on short-term goals of helping the poor and in the
long run weakening and/or avoiding the Sheriff. To do so, the organization should stay
devoted to the cause, loyal to one another, and above all have the willingness to do daring
stunts. He should also prepare the band for the unexpected and to be ready for anything.

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