What Should Robin Hood Do? There are several issues Robin Hood needs to consider. First, Robin Hood needs to make sure his own personal grievances against the Sheriff do not cloud his vision and what is in the best interest of his Merrymen as a group. Second, take a broad look at the overall organizational structure by conducting an environmental scan, a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis and/or using a variety of organizational assessments (measurements). A SWOT analysis will help determine some strategic alternatives and how the band can attempt to fulfill its mission and achieve its goals. Robin Hood can use the SWOT analysis to identify where he is strong and vulnerable, where he should defend and attack by scanning both internal and external environments (McNamara, Performance Management, 1999). An organization-wide change might include a change in mission, restructuring operations, rightsizing, and/or restructuring personnel into self-managed cells, which is needed for this band to survive. As with most organizations, when any changes are initiated there is generally resistance to accept changes and disagreements on new management styles and purposes. The organizational culture develops over time and may be resistant to change because of the persistent nature of how things have normally been done within the band. Robin Hood must consider whether to change their policy of outright confiscation of goods and institute a fixed transit tax (shift to a new business purpose) (McNamara, Basic Context for Organizational Change, 1999). His lieutenants strongly object and do not want to change the Merrymen's famous motto, or tax the farmers and the townspeople that support their fight against the S... ... middle of paper ... ...macy of French and Raven's Bases of Social Power in the Information Age. Retrieved September 15, 2006 from http://mysite. verizon.net/ ambur/ French&Raven.htm. University of Maryland University College, MD. McNamara, C. (1999). Basic Context for Organizational Change. Retrieved September 10, 2006 from http://www.managementhelp.org/mgmnt/orgchnge.htm. McNamara, C. (1999). Organizational Performance Management. Retrieved September 10, 2006 from http://www.managementhelp.org/org_perf/org_perf.htm. McNamara, C. (1999). Strategic Planning (in nonprofit or for-profit organizations). Retrieved September 10, 2006 from http://www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/ str_plan/ str_ plan.htm. Thompson, A.A., Jr., Strickland, A.J. III and Gamble, J.E. (2005). Crafting and executing strategy: The quest for competitive advantage. (14th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw- Hill/Irwin.
One of Bourdieu’s central arguments is that what we refer to as “capital” is actually the collective product of four sub-types of capital: economic, social, symbolic, and cultural. Although these different types of capital are distinct categories, they intersect to create the more mainstream idea of capital. Similarly, Hill Collins and Bilge break down the broad idea of power into smaller components in order to examine how power operates, and how its tied to
It’s painful to say goodbye to someone you don't want to let go. In the novel “The Wednesday Wars” Mr. Hoodhood does not want the tragic feeling of letting his daughter Heather go. Heather wants to go to the University of Colombia and get a strong education, but her Dad is worried about heather he wants her to evade from the harm and dangers of the world around her. He wishes she would just work for his architectural firm called ¨Hoodhood and associates¨. I believe it was right for Mr. Hoodhood to have this attitude toward Heather. However Heather should have the freedom to choose where she wants to get an education.
Although the book focuses primarily on one communication technology, the principles and examples are applicable to a much broader range of media. The author spends considerable time describing the social mores of the American people and the resulting cultural metamorphosis that appears to have occurred because of the technological changes. He begins with a quote issued by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), “The telephone is essentially democratic; it carries the voice of the child and the grown-up with equal speed and directness…It is not only the implement of the individual, but it fulfills the needs of all the people (Fischer, 1992).” If we substitute the word posting for telephone, you can see how this concept applies to a much broader technological and temporal field. Similarly, published in 1881, just 35 years earlier, in an article about the telegraph, the journal Scientific American, stated, “(it) promoted a kinship of humanity (Fischer, 1992).” Again, by applying that same concept to the general act of posting reveals the relationship between early iconography and modern social media posts and it becomes clear that the “specific devices” are less important than the need for recognition and subsequent act of communication in and of
Pierre Bourdieu was a highly influential theorist. He provides a unique and fascinating definition or understanding of power as well as an explanation and analysis into how power works. This work serves to outline what is this specific concept of power means and contains, how it is created, what are the various forms it takes on and in general, how power works. Power is a difficult concept to define conclusively or definitively however, Bourdieu explains power to be a symbolic construct that is perpetuated through every day actions and behaviours of a society, that manipulate power relations to create, maintain and force the conforming of peoples to the given habitus of that society (Bourdieu, 1977). Power, is a force created through the social conventions of a specific community that dictate what is expected or accepted by the people while also determining how they understand the world in which they live (Bourdieu, 1977).
Brooklyn College Department of History, The Shaping of The Modern World from the Enlightenment to the Present, Fifth Edition. New York: Pearson, 2010. 3-8.
I believe that Mr. Hoodhood motives are centered on himself. I think this because he does not typically make decisions about what is best for his son, but based on what is best for his company or his own wellbeing. For example, when Holling tells his father that he thinks Mrs. Baker hates his guts, he replies by saying that he needs to be good in her class so that his architectural firm has a better shot at being named the builders to build the new Baker Sports Emporium. Mr. Hoodhood says this unsympathetically and does not seem to care about what Holling thinks. What Mr. Hoodhood does think is that if Holling is behaved in Mrs. Baker’s class, he is more likely to win the opportunity to build the new Baker Sports Emporium, a company that is
Kanter, R.M., Stein, B.A. and Jick, T.D. (1992) The Challenge of Organizational Change (New York: The FreePress).
An organization might have a structure in place for change but they must also look at the finances. An organization must have appropriate finances to handle the change and must keep the organization profitable (Nielsen and Abildgaard, 2013). Both finances and the social environment within in an organization are resources that can potentially limit an organization from
Encyclopedia of American Social History Vol. 1 Ed. By : Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliot J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons - 1993
Change is a fundamental element of individuals, groups and all sorts of organizations. As it is the case for individuals, groups and societies, where change is a continuous process, composed of an indefinite amount of smaller sub-changes that vary in effect and length, and is affected by all sorts of aspects and events, many of which cyclic are anticipated ones. It is also the case for organizations, where change occurs repeatedly during the life cycle of organizations. Yet change in organizations is not as anticipated nor as predictable, with unexpected internal and external variables and political forces that can further complicate the management of change (Andriopoulos, C. and P. Dawson, 2009), which is by itself, the focus of many scholars in their pursuit to shed light on and facilitate the change process (Kotter 1996; Levin 1947; et al).
Response: First of all, Robin's personal crusade against the Sheriff has evolved into something way past what he initially intended. It's gotten a bit out of hand. So the first issue that needs to be addressed is the focus. Robin should not lose sight of his initial crusade. After all, that's why he started as an out-law in the first place. He needed men to fulfill his quest, but now with the excessive number of men and the excessive demands placed upon the Merrymen, he needs to address the purpose of his revolt. He believed that there would be strength in numbers, yet is that what he learned? In fact, the more men that came to him, the more complicated his revolt got. And not only that, but now, his group has become more vulnerable. So, there's another issue. Has his group gotten too big that it has created a more difficult situation than what Robin started with? The next issue he needs to deal with is the growth of his band of men. In the beginning, he accepted any man without question. But is that a viable strategy now? Does he need more people, or could he become more selective in potential recruits? As he said, he's losing touch with his people. He doesn't know half of them. And that's a problem, isn't it? It's a problem because the Sheriff could send in spies. That makes Robin more vulnerable again. Another problem: food is now scarce and resources are low. Further, he needs to decide about the tax issue. He needs to decide about the timing of a campaign against the Sheriff. He needs to decide about accepting the offer from the barons. Yes, Robin does have a lot of issues to resolve.
Nardo, Don. A. The French Revolution. San Diego, California: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1999. Print.
Kotter, J. P. (2007). ‘Leading change: Why transformation efforts fail’. Harvard Business Review, January: 96-103.
Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men had a successful first year. With new recruits pouring in from the furthest outreaches of England, Robin had met his objective of strengthening in number. Although he was satisfied with the size of the organization, he has realized necessary preparations had not been made to accommodate the now over abundance of members of his organization. Many challenges now face Robin such as a lack of provisions and lack of funds to support the band, but he cannot lose focus of their original foundation of "Robbing from the rich and giving to the poor". In addition they have to stay focused on their long term goal to remove Prince John from power by freeing King Richard from his imprisonment in Austria. Robin Hood has to form structure within his organization so that it can continue to grow and prosper.
Stories are have been part of every culture, some of those stories teach a way a life, others show how us a way of culture, others show how Kingdoms have been built and just like that destroyed into pieces, but the Legend of Robin Hood is different, not only because it has been around for centuries but because the legend has changed so much over the years, and with that each Robin Hood movie is way different than the last one, mainly because the historic events that were happening during the filming of the movie were strong enough to change the plot of the movie and change certain archetypes. This is because a film will have greater success if the audience can relate or connect to the plot and the characters in the movie or story.