can you keep yourself together? That question haunts me in my everyday life. How good are you really? “Good” is a relative term; I like to think of the tale of Robin Hood. Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor; we’ve been taught stealing is bad from a young age, but giving to people in need is good. So, in that context, is Robin Hood good? Or bad? In the event of a natural disaster, do you donate? If you’re tight on money, you’re likely not to give to other people. As humans, we put our needs
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what the past has given us. Without them, what would our world be? And most importantly, where would we be? But then, having said all that, sometimes it is too late to appreciate what has been there. And for this matter, we are discussing about Robin Hood Garden in Poplar, London. It is scheduled for demolition, despite the objection by the high
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Kristin Willey Strategic Management Summer Semester 2014 CASE STUDY #1 ROBIN HOOD: 1) What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed? There are many issues in this case study that Robin Hood needs to address. One of which is that the Merrymen band is overstaffed. This is a problem, because they do not have enough resources available to provide for the band (/business). The men need enough money to feed themselves, as well as find enough to give to the poor. Changes within
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CONSULTING SERVICES Robin Hood Case Analysis BA 422W Aaron Labin, Curt Matthews, Rich Miller 4/14/2009 This is the case analysis for the Robin Hood case study provided by the text. It includes our competitive forces in the industry analysis, key success factors analysis, current strategy determination, SWOT analysis and the recommendations we have made for Robin Hood. Aaron Labin Curt Matthews Rich Miller Robin Hood Case Study ARC Consulting Services Robin Hood and his band of Merrymen
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Mary Hamilton March 22, 2013 Robin Hood Case 1. What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed? Robin Hood’s organization have many problems, that many business around the world face. Among these problems are: Lack of discipline, Maintenance costs, Shelter/Space storage, Food shortage, Training (since all were welcomed to join the organization), Maintenance and Operating costs, Challenges to organize big and little trained groups, Change management (introducing a change
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Case: Robin Hood June 29, 2015 Kimberly Pendley BUAD455-D3 Synopsis Robin Hood and the Merrymen are facing the problem of not having enough food and supplies to meet the demands of their fast growing organization. They use a very simple strategy currently of robbing the rich to support the poor. Robin Hood is looking at revising his strategy in order to find another way to get the resources needed to succesfully furnish his expanding organization. Critical Factors of Success Robin Hood realizes
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Robin Hood Case Kevin Jackson Lander University ABSTRACT Robin Hood and his band of friends are facing an issue of sustainability. Sustainability is the capacity at which an environment can support those living in it. This describes the problem in this case because the bigger Robin Hood’s gang gets, the less resources there are to be spread amongst them. Robin Hood’s gang developed this issue because there are many people in the kingdom that do not support the king or his decisions. This is
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Question 1: What problems/issues does Robin Hood need to address? Indicate THE PROBLEM most critical to the success or failure of his strategy. Explain why. As discussed in the article, Robin Hood is surrounded by a myriad of problems that he has to find a solution to get out of. The problems/issues being faced by Robin Hood include 1. Concerns about the increasing size of his band of Merrymen and the resulting lack of resources, discipline, provisions and vigilance amongst them. 2. The growth
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ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS The Strengths and the Weaknesses of the situation are internal factors since they are within the band’s direct influence. STRENGTH Robin Hood’s supreme leadership and his group’s increasing size were to be considered as the major strength. Robin also has a strong team of lieutenants and each task was properly delegated to them. These three lieutenants are Will Scarlet who is in charge intelligence and scouting, Little John in charge of discipline and archery training
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I do not think that Robin Hood had a “plan” when he began. He was a man on a mission but had no plan. He had hoped that strength lay in numbers and the more Merry men he had, the better it would be for him to effectively fight against the sheriff’s administration. The dilemma occurred when the increasing number of men had made the band a corporation. The more men were recruited into the organization, the less face to face interaction Robin had encountered with each of his men. Also, the capacity
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