Case Study: Miles And Snow Typology

Reyna Grandes’s Across a Hundred Mountains was written in 2006, it is a stunning and heartfelt novel about migration, loss and discovery. It was published by Washington Square Press and its two hundred and sixty-six pages will captivate the reader from the beginning. The novel depicts the desperation of undocumented immigrants who make the dangerous journey across unfamiliar land to reach the border for “El Otro Lado” (the United States). The author, Reyna Grande gives the reader a glimpse of the everyday struggles these families are faced with and the heart-wrenching decisions made in the pursuit for a better life. There are different themes in this novel, they range from fractured family ties to heartbreaking poverty affecting the family and how religion is used to seek relief from these events. Therefore, an evaluation of the novel will be made on the social issues affecting these individuals, the challenges they face, and apply the ecological perspective along with its strengths. Lastly, an explanation will be given in which a social worker can help to address the issues that affect these individuals.

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The award-winning novelist and memoirist as well as author of Across a Hundred Mountains has written an inspiring memoir that will reach out and touch the reader's hearts. The Distance Between Us is about a four-year-old girl from Iguala, Mexico who lives in extreme poverty. Her father left to go to the US when she was two years old to earn money and build a house. Later on, when Reyna was four her mother had left to go help her father, and this left Reyna and her three siblings with their grandmother who wasn’t as pleasant as you would expect. As the story progresses forward, readers can see their living conditions how they aren't getting properly fed and some of the traumatic events that they witness such as people dying in front of them or people with rare illnesses. Soon after her mother comes back to Mexico, the children realize that their father had left her for another woman and their mother had brought back a new baby with her. After this, their father comes to Mexico, and brings Reyna and her two siblings back to the US with them. Living their lives in the US was not as easy as they thought because of the language barrier and their father drinking all day long and getting constantly abused by him almost every day. for small things. Eventually, Reyna pursues her education and finds sanctuary in reading books and writing stories. She was the first person in her family to graduate from college and pursue her dreams. Because of this, she has inspired many people around this world. Overall Reyna Grande successfully tells us about how immigration impacted her life and her family’s life using features such as the honest truth, both internal and external conflict, graphic imagery, and a sad and bittersweet tone to reflect upon all of her life experiences. Because of this, she convinces the readers about the toll immigration took on their family.

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Tundras are one of the harshest and coldest biomes here on earth. The climate of tundras are cold with heavy, constant winds and low rainfall. Tundras are treeless regions that are cold throughout most of the year. During the winter, the sun hardly shines. In the summer, the sun shines almost 24 hours a day and last around 6 to 10 weeks. Temperatures during the summer do not rise above 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Tundras are located in Alaska, Northern Canada, Russia, and Northern Siberia.

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A Following a different generic business strategy within the same industry can lead to a competitive

Introduction The Washington Square Press a division of Simon & Shuster, Inc. published a fiction novel of 266 pages in 2006 titled Across a Hundred Mountains which was written by Reyna Grande. Reyna Grande is a native of Mexico where she was born in Iguala, Guerrero in 1975 and who traveled endless hours in order to reach “El Otro Lado,” the United States, where she provides readers with a new perspective on immigrants and their journey (Reyna, 2017). The themes of the book were those of poverty, oppression of women, religion, and the displacement of family.

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3.How these strategies are related the performance of these companies over time? Why? What is going on in terms of industry competition and markets that makes one strategy outperform the other at any point in time?

Strategy formulation has been acknowledged as one of the most crucial factors of ensuring the long-term growth of the business. However, the manner in which strategy is formulated, and most importantly, the nature of the strategy chosen for the company determines its future position in the marketplace (Grant, 2005).

In the text, the author mentions the similarity between Miles & Snow and Porter’s generic typology where the “prospector model in Miles and Snow emphasizes differentiation and the defender business typically emphasizes low cost” (Parnell, 2014, p. 197). Porter’s generic typology has both differentiation and low cost considerations in the model with the focus being based on economic conditions and economic influence. In light of the similarities, the difference between these two business strategies are set in their core beliefs and concepts. Miles and Snow present their four models from a “philosophical” approach to business strategy and display the models benefits through real time explanation. Considering the four conceptual strategies “prospectors, defenders, analyzers, and reactors” the first described as “prospectors” follow “a dynamic uncertain environment and maintain flexibility”, additionally prospectors are known to lead and thrive as a “first mover” (Parnell, 2014). Prospectors tend to not like their environment to change but channel their creativity to design new products for their business. The Porter’s generic typology that is similar is the aspect of product uniqueness or unusual products known as “differentiation strategies” (Parnell, 2014, p.184), and based on the aspect of specificity. In the article, “Strategy Choices of Potential Entrepreneurs” the author explains the benefits of Porter’s three generic models and states that many entrepreneurs employ

There are five generic business strategies that companies choose from when trying to successfully compete within their respective industries. This is the first choice a company must make, even before deciding an overall strategy. These generic business strategies include low-cost provider strategy, broad differentiation strategy, best-cost provider strategy; focused strategy based on low costs, and focused strategy based on differentiation. These strategies have many advantages as well as disadvantages. Choosing which one to use depends on what market position a company wants to pursue. Deciding to be more offensive or defensive also plays a role in choosing a