16. Assume that you must act on the information provided: if it were up to you, who would you select to manage the project: Noware, Roberta, or someone else? Explain.

Nuwave Products Company, a medium-sized manufacturer of small motors and motor parts, recently contracted with a software consulting firm, Noware, Inc., to design software for a new integrated manufacturing system to be installed in the near future. The software design is part of a much larger project that also involves procurement and installation of new manufacturing equipment, a new production process, and retraining of workers. The new production process will involve “lean production” concepts that are very different from Nuwave’s current process; it will engage workers in improvement efforts and ultimately require no less than a cultural change among Nuwave’s managers, supervisors, and line workers.