You have worked for a company for several years as a midlevel manager.A vice president announces that she plans to retire in one year. You and two other managers at your level are candidates to replace her. Once of the candidates (person C) works in the division, you rarely interact with C.The other candidate (person B) works in your division, and you often work closely with B on projects of various kinds.

The race for the VP job is currently very close, and it will likely go ot the person who performs at the highest level in the next 12 months. Because you often work closely with B, B is in a position to affect the outcome of the project, for with you have primary responsibility.The opposite is true: you are in a position to affect the outcomes of projects for which B has primary responsibility. This situation may be viewed as a two-person game between you and B in which you each have two possible courses of action.

Question:

What are the two choices you have? What the two choices of person B?

Draw the payoff matrix?

If both you and person B play strictly according to the payoff matrix you constructed, who will get the VP job?