The Robin Hood Organisation - Assignment Example

Future assumptions What if the King come and takeover? The Robin Hood organisation is planning major overhauls to re-establish its authority and reputation, and to fight back again the despotic leadership of Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. However, in midst of all these preparations, if King Richard I, returns back from his visits from abroad, to takeover his position, the situation can turn either in favour or against the Robin Hood organisation. The situation would solely depend on the management capabilities of Robin, who is also a friend of King Richard. Robin should act fast, and use his diplomatic and management skills to seek a meeting with the King, even before the Sheriff and Prince John could scheme against Robin by providing false evidences to the King and convince him of that Robin is a traitor. This meeting should ideally take place just outside the boundaries of the state, so that the King is armed with all the necessary information even before entering his state and can take appropriate actions against the traitors. However, undertaking such a meeting might prove tricky, as Robin need to position loyal informants inside the competitor’s camp to obtain the information about the King’s return. He also needs to act discreetly and should only inform about his intended meeting with the King to his select band of ‘Merry Men’, who can accompany him to give testimony against the traitors. On the other hand, if Robin fails to meet up with the King, the situation might become tense, as Prince John and the Sheriff can easily brand Robin as a traitor and provide evidence to the King about Robin’s intentions to attack Nottingham. The King might wage a war against Robin’s organisation, which may result into the annihilation of the organisation. However, in such a situation as well, Robin should use his diplomatic and negotiation skills to seek a meeting with the King and explain the situation to him (Fowler 1990). Therefore, Robin needs to be vigilant about all possibilities and should employ excellent informants inside the Sheriff’s camp who can provide timely information to Robin. Further, he needs to polish his negotiation and diplomacy skills to come out of tricky situations. What if Prince John become a King? Prince John can only become the King if King Richard I is murdered or die. Therefore, to assume that Prince John has become the King, we also have to assume that King Richard I, friend and supporter of Robin, is also dead. This would create manifold problems for Robin and his organisation. Now, not only he is facing a despotic ruler and corrupt officials with immense power, but has also lost the support of a powerful man. In such a situation, Robin is left with only two choices, either to disband his organisation or fight against competition. In case Robin chooses to disband his organisation, he needs to do so very discreetly and look for another organsiation that might consider taking over his organisation. Further, employee safety is something that Robin needs to consider as well while signing any takeover bid. He should also put forth his conditions, which essentially cover employee security and maintaining the integrity of the organisation (Halibozek 2005). However, in case Robin decides to fight the competition, he needs to create a well-drawn strategy. He should employee experts as well as his own ‘Merry Men’ to outline a war strategy. He should be very discreet about this strategy and should only involve a few trusted members while drawing the strategy. He also needs to use his diplomatic skills to forge alliances with other leaders, who are also fighting for the same agenda. He needs to send messengers across boundaries to gather a stronger army. As Robin was already strengthening his army by investing into technology and modern weapons, he would not have been caught unprepared for the situation. However, he needs to have a bigger army to fight the powerful army of the King. Thus, he should assemble all the other organisations that are willing to fight for their integrity (Booth 1993). Therefore, in case King John becomes the future King, Robin needs to be well-prepared either to disband his organisation and sell it to an interested party or fight the despotic rule through strategic partnership with other supporters and organsiations. What if Magna Carta codes(law) where there at Robin Hood time? Magna Carta, essentially an English legal charter, was framed to restrict the power of the King and the will of the King could be questioned by the subjects through this charter (Guthrie 1916). Such charter did not exist during the time of Robin Hood, and therefore, the King was an all-powerful ruler and nobody could question his authority. This gave rise to despotism and abuse of power by his subordinates such as the Sheriff of Nottingham. However, in case the Magna Carta was in force during the time of Robin Hood, it could have reigned in the despotic rule of the Sheriff and Prince John, who later become the King. Robin could have assembled various other loyal organisations and could have raised his voice against the Sheriff and King John in an organised and legal manner. This would not have necessitated the need to wage a war against the rulers. Thus, it is imperative to have certain rules and regulations within every business environment, which can control despotism and monopolisation by bigger firms. The smaller organisations such as Robin Hood can also operate within a given environment if they are provided with proper security and legal framework. 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