Assignment Description

Most people make rational decisions. If that is true, then how can we explain our observation of the irrational decisions we see being made? If you observe a decision that does not seem rational to you, then perhaps you are not seeing the decision through the other persons' eyes. That ability to shift your point-of-view is important ability in innovation and entrepreneurship. In this assignment, is a combination of multiple choice, short-answer and essay questions that you will perform on-line (A-1). The questions are related to the story, provided below. This story has been widely shared on Facebook, so you may have seen a version or two of it already. That's fine. What I want you to do is apply the concepts of point-of-view (as discussed in this course) to the story. Questions. Q1 is worth 30 points and Q2 is worth 70 points. See Open A-1 on Blackboard to start this assignment. The Story: A 17-year-old boy who works part-time delivering pizza for Domino's restaurant drives up his parent's driveway in a Porsche. Naturally, his parents know that there's no way he earned enough with his afterschool job to buy such a car. "Where did you get that car?!?" his mom and dad screamed in shock. He very calmly tells them, "I bought it today." "With what money young man?" his mom demands. "We know how much a Porsche costs and you cannot afford it!" Assignment #1 Description: ENT 205 // Faley // August 2020 2 "Well, it's used and I got a good deal" says the boy. "This one cost me 20 dollars." At this point, the parents don't believe him and start yelling even louder. "Who on earth would sell a car like that for 20 dollars?!" "The woman up the street." the boy replies. "Name please?" Asked the mom. "I don't know her name. She just moved in. She ordered a pizza and I delivered it to her and asked me if I wanted to buy a Porsche for 20 dollars." "Oh my gosh," the mom moans. "She must be some sort of crazy. Who knows what she will do next? The boy's dad and mom hurry over to their new neighbor's house, ready to demand an explanation. Curiously, their new neighbor is calmly planting flowers in her front yard, "I'm the father of the kid you just sold a sports car to for $20." the dad says. "I need an explanation from you. ASAP!" "Well," the woman says, not looking up from her garden. "This morning, I got a phone call from my husband. I thought he was on a business trip in Florida, but it seems he has run off to Hawaii with his secretary and doesn't intend to come back." "What on earth does that have to do with selling our son a Porsche for $20?" the boy's mom asks, utterly perplexed. The new neighbor smiles very big, and pauses for a minute. "Well, my husband asked me to sell his new Porsche and send him the money. So I did."

Questions:

1.How many different points-of-view are represented in this story? One is not is not directly mentioned in the story, but there is definitely an impact on that person. (The boy's parents count as ONE point-of-view).

A.2

B.3

C.4

D.5

E.None of the above

2.Name the different points-of-view in this story

3.Name the point-of-view that, in your view, has the largest shift in perception from the beginning to the end of the story.

4.Explain - IN DETAIL-- WHY and HOW this point-of-view changed. Support your answer with information from the story. (I'm looking for a data-supported analysis here, not simply your opinion.)