Essays on Grinnell

Assignment 5: Capstone

Abstract Dell Inc. deals with manufacturing and selling of personal computers and other computer accessories. Turbo PC was the first product produced by Dell Company, which has experienced gradual growth since its foundation. Various strategies and policies have led to the success of the multinational company over the years. Therefore, the paper covers the effect that the mission, vision, and primary stakeholders of Dell has on its success. It highlights the effect of the six segments of the environment on both the firm and the industry. It also focuses on the SWOT analysis and five (5) forces of competition ...

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Changing behaviors and attitudes in a short period of time is quite common. However, the reasons behind this vary from person to person. Personally, I have experienced this situation, which is explained much by my perception. An example of my shift in behavior can be best explained by the attribution theory. According to Martinko, “attribution theory concerns people’s causal explanations for events” (as cited in Martinko 8). I believe this is exactly what I experienced. One day, I was very upset with the result of my exams in Math. I went home without any interest to ...

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This paper analyses the sociological behavior of ‘three minutes to hug’ in the article ‘At one border park, separated immigrant families hug across a steel divide’ written by Yanan Wang. The article is a discussion about how the immigrants living in Mexico and their loved ones in US often interact by embracing each other across the steel divide on the border between Mexico and USA. The immigrants have been separated from their families due to stringent rules that were enacted by the US government to bar illegal immigrants into the country. Due to this, some family members who have ...