Assume you are the CEO.You must decide to promote one of the following two candidates to be your executivevice-president.The following two candidates are the finalists.Their balanced scorecard scores are given below.Who will you promote and why?I know this is rather simplistic,but I want you to experience the easiness or the difficulty of using a BSC.Please don't try to evade the question by asking for more information,especially subjective information.It's not going to make the task any easier.For sake of simplicity,assume that they are similar in all other respects except what is given.Please answer this question sincerely and I will provide you some very interesting conclusions based on your responses. Don't waffle....you have to make a choice....

Scenario:

Mary: Single, mid-40s, driven to succeed, never takes a day off work, expects excellence from everyone, trained in martial arts, plays racquetball and plays to win. Financial:10out of 10 Customer: 8 out of 10 Internal: 8 out of 10 Learning: 8 out of 10

Total 34 out of 40

John: Married with two teenage children, mid-40s, wife a successful executive, active in the local community, teaches Sunday school for young kids.

Financial: 7 out of 10 Customer: 9 out of 10 Internal: 9 out of 10 Learning: 9 out of 10

Total 34 out of 40