Robin Hood Case Study

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Robin hood Nathan Johnson SAM 4700 – Ohio University 5/25/2015 Robin Hood began the revolt against the sheriff. Robin Hood realized that alone he could not do much to change the situation and began to spread out and recruit more men. While recruiting Robin Hood had a very simple intended strategy. Strength in numbers. He asked little questions and as long as they had a common goal they were welcome. Robin Hood’s structure was simple in that he made the important decisions essentially acting as sole director. He would relay his decisions to his lieutenants who acting as management would implement the decisions as well as run their respective departments. After a very successful first year the organization grew rapidly and began to outreach their limits in all categories. The organization was running out of money and provisions and the discipline was lacking, as even he did not know his men. On top of the situation the sheriff has become better organized and has a stronger force. Faced with many issues Robin Hood sees reason to reorganize his group to become sustainable and a formidable force. The first thing we have to look at is strategy analysis. Robin Hood is faced with some key issues that need to be addressed before he can move any further. In doing so he has to know what he has to work with. The internal analysis of the organization begins with strength. They have strength in numbers. Even though they are not as well organized as before they still have men coming from all over England to join their cause. This will allow them the manpower to make changes. The group has strong leadership from the top down. Robin is a perfect idealistic leader that has a strong core of managers. Theses managers know their positions and what they need to do and have demonstrated ability to run their department. Their biggest strength is archery. The men have many skills
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