Robin Hood Case Study

Assignment 1: Robin Hood Decision

Ariana Paradise

2/8/16

I feel that in order for Robin Hood to make the most effective decision, he needs to combine choices and carry out multiple decisions to be successful in achieving his initial goal of resolving the issues he has with the Sheriff and his administration.

To begin, I feel he should not kill the Sheriff since it is the least beneficial choice because it would not “improve the situation” at all or help him reach is overall goal.  With that said, I think Robin should continue with his current efforts because the revolt against the Sheriff began as a “personal crusade” for him that arose out of the conflict with the Sheriff and his administration.  Since the revolt was started for personal reasons, it shows that it’s of great importance to Robin, which is why he has personally chosen to fight for what he wants and to get others who share his goal to fight for it too.  Abandoning his current efforts would also not resolve anything.  

Further, he should continue his efforts because he has already invested so much of his time into creating a band that is willing to go “outside the law.”  Although his band was initially small, it has greatly increased in size over time.  Even though Robin initially wanted a large band, now that he has it he feels it has caused disconnectedness, unfamiliarity with newcomers, and the increased difficulty of enforcing discipline.  Nonetheless, these weaknesses can be fixed.  However, he needs to look at this positively because the increase in size could be beneficial when it comes future raids.  But in order to conduct successful raids, he will have to spend a little extra time to address his weaknesses and re-discipline the band since it has greatly grown from its initial size.  This is something Robin is capable of doing because he initially was able to “forge a group into a disciplined band.”

To ensure the success of re-disciplining the band to have future successful raids, I feel Robin should decide to conduct geographic expansion because it will be easier to teach disciple to smaller sized bands rather than the one large one he currently has.  To avoid the risk of failing geographic expansion and teaching discipline, he can have his initial lieutenants Scarlett, John, Much, etc split up and help successfully teach disciple and run the separate bands so that they can eventually achieve their goal.  I feel this is a good decision because it resolves a lot of the band’s overall weaknesses, but at the same time it can be seen as very risky because it initially took Robin 1 year to create discipline, and this may be enough time for the Sheriff to strike before the band is ready.  Although this is a risky choice I feel it's the best one to help Robin achieve his goal and solve many issues he is facing relating to resources and financials.