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1Robin Hood
Joseph Lampel
Copyright 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/IrwinStrategic Management: Text and Cases, 4e
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Discussion Question
1. What is strategy?
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2. What strategic problems does Robin Hood have?
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3. What is the role of the organizational leader as
strategist and articulator of global goals?
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Discussion Question
4. What are some issues in the organizations
external environment?
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5. What is the relationship of the organizations
internal structure to its environment?
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6. How do group values or culture influence
strategy making?
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7. What strategy can Robin Hood implement?
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Q1. Purpose of Strategy
Strategic management consists of the
analyses, decisions, and actions an
organization undertakes in order to createand sustain competitive advantages
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Q1. Purpose of Strategy, cont.
Key Attributes of strategic management:
Directs the organization toward overall goals and
objectives Includes multiple stakeholders in decision making
Needs to incorporate short-term and long-term
perspectives
Recognizes trade-offs between efficiency and
effectiveness
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Q 2. Strategic Problems
Profit squeeze Revenue is down and costs are rising
Cracks in the culture of the organization
Issues
How to avoid detection of the growing organization?
What to do about the growing strength of the Sheriffsforces?
Accept the Barons offer to join in freeing King Richard?
Impose a fixed transit tax?
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Q 2. Strategic Problems, cont
Expand operations away from Sherwood Forest?
- Organizational communications and leadership?
Kill Sheriff?- Mission linkage, replacement?
Accept Barons offer?
- Amnesty issues, loyalty of stakeholders?
Fixed transit tax?- Mission linkage?
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Q3. Leaderships Strategic Role
Robin Hood needs to:
Define the Organizational Mission
- it may have changed. Rebellion has been routinized into
banditry.
Identify Stakeholders
- focus may need to be broadened beyond Robins privategrudge to include the needs of the district, the region, or thenation
Establish Goals
- depending on the stakeholders, these may include replacingthe Sheriff or changing the political order
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Q 4. Analyze External Environment
Assess Resourcesthe forest has finite resources
- inputs into the organization (travelers to rob)
have dwindled, especially since the richtravelers have started avoiding it
- trained manpower is scarce
Assess Physical Environmentcurrent growth hascreated a large encampment that can be seen formiles, now a target for attack
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Q5. Analyze Internal Organization
Current Structure
- functional with each lieutenant a specialist
- communication is informal, Robin has no directlink to first line recruits
Possible New Structure
- decentralized regional operations, sub-bands withsmall headquarters to coordinate movements
- increases flexibility, reduces chance of attack,eliminates food distribution problems
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Q6. Culture and Values
Founding Values
- originally a missionary organization, if Robinpursues profit maximization now, the group willbecome thieves
- original purpose created unity and spirit of daring
Group Culture
- group members will probably resist stealing fromtheir brothers and fathers
- members have a need for order and purpose, need tofeel that their participation is quasi-voluntary
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Q7. Strategic Implementation
Have a meeting with the Merrymen
- explain the strategic dilemma and long termissues
Increase organizational discipline
Avoid contact with Sheriff
Prepare for the possibility of ceasing operations byproviding outplacement training
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Q7. Strategic Implementation, cont.
Recruit qualified leaders for new decentralizedstructure
- involve lieutenants in the solution
Recognize that mistakes will occur
- anticipate costs of implementation, especially theproblems of extended communication
Pursue alliances beyond the current band ofMerrymen
- negotiate a possible change in the political order,
negotiating amnesty, returning the band to legality