Business Law: A Case Study Of Elnawasrah's Case

The questions attempted to get the subject to look at the decision as though they are yet to make it rather than in retrospect. Having made the decision definitely influenced his consideration of consequences. For example, he expressed remorse about his inability to engage in deeper conversation about politics, social sciences and even business because “that’s what people talk about, not math…” Furthermore, he is not enjoying many of the foundation courses in engineering, revealing that this was also the case in high school and that he had seem this coming. He eventually admitted that business courses “probably” would have been “more fun” overall. It is important to note that Elnawasrah’s consideration of these consequences were not observed but were predicted. He knew that he enjoyed business the most and in spite of this, selected engineering. Elnawasrah was very thorough in assessing the various consequences. He claims “very minor regret” towards engineering, and stands by his decision. It is important to acknowledge the limitations of any decision making model, and Elnawasrah recognized the impossibility to creating or selecting an all encompassing, perfect solution. …show more content…
It is interesting to note that Elnawasrah seemed to exhibit regret regarding his decision when discussing the categories in which engineering fell short. Unfortunately, some decisions, Elnawasrah’s included, will never satisfy all of a person’s objectives, hence the sense of regret that Ryan felt. However, by his tone of voice when asked “was this the right decision?” he was confident, and understandably so, since Ryan clearly has the skills, passion, the analytical ability to pursue engineering. It would be interesting to see, however, how excessive social influence leaning towards engineering may have influenced his