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Bitstream Case Study

The document discusses a software company developing new digital font products. It describes the company's history and need for changes like reorganizing goals and improving teamwork. It also discusses a new proposed product called a network print manager and the search for a new project manager to lead its development.

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Bitstream Case Study

The document discusses a software company developing new digital font products. It describes the company's history and need for changes like reorganizing goals and improving teamwork. It also discusses a new proposed product called a network print manager and the search for a new project manager to lead its development.

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Bitstream is a software company that has identified an opportunity to develop and market a new product.

The
company develops digitalized type fonts for display type font for display screens and technology. Their revenues
come from retail sales and OEMs ales.
Jim Sole, the brand new president was hired in 1992 to substitute the former president, the founder of the
company. Jim was a very successful professional and had much great experience in this area.
Jim found the organization needing some changes, like are organization of the structure, a clear clarification of
the short/term goals and a need to enhance the teamwork within the company. These problems would be solved
with a reorganization of the bonus plan they have, and to delegate decisions to the employees, to make them have
the need to have responsibilities and decision making power. This company had grown at a rate of 25% and had a
forecast of future growth at 15%. The regular growth, plus a 15% nominal turnover in the company shows that
almost 40% of people from one year to another are new. The new project in hand They come up with the idea of
developing a network print manager, related to the work they do in the printing environment. This new product
would handle printing times, printing queues or even different specifications of the work to be printed. It requires
already market-existing technology but also innovation made by the company. There is a great eager to the
appearance of this product in this market, and is known that there is a market segment to this product easily
identifiable. To complete this task correctly,
Jim Sole started looking for the right person to fill the gap of the new project manager. He talked with his friend
Peter Dromeshauser, an executive recruiter ("Head Hunter) and gave him some indications concerning the job.
Peter then come up with 4names that we are going to analyze in the following. Key criteria for filling the position
To ensure that the interview will be valid we need at first review job specification and develop "checklist" with
relevant criteria for the job. According to the CVs we have received we can than register our assessment relative to
each of the important job dimensions. Trough the reading of this case, we are given a series of indications that
show the key criteria to fill the position.

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