Mark Evans and Harold Daw are the two finalists for managerial position in Milan. While Mr. Evans has seven years of management experience at three different sites in one region of the United States, Mr. Daw has seven years of comparable management experience at two sites in different regions. Both are adaptable and want international managerial experience. Mr. Evans speaks fluent Swedish, and Mr. Daw speaks fluent French. Both have similar personal characteristics except that Mr. Evans is divorced and has no children and Mr. Daw has a wife and a teenager who is a junior in high school. Mrs. Daw is currently employed, and the company cannot guarantee that Mrs. Daw can find suitable employment in Italy should her husband be selected for the overseas assignment.

QUESTIONS:

1. Which finalist is better qualified in terms of competence? Why?

2. Which is better qualified in terms of adaptability? Why?

3. Which is better qualified in terms of personal qualifications? Why?

4. Whom would you select for the overseas assignment? Why?