PUPPOSE – Executive sponsors play a significant role in the success of megaprojects which, in turn, affect national economies and millions of people. © 2018, South African Institute of Industrial Engineering. A framework is then proposed to identify assessment instruments to evaluate the leadership style and leader traits/attributes of a project sponsor. Rather than joining the debates on complexity and leadership in the project management literature, this paper explains how leadership theories are used to identify instruments that can assist in the assessment of the leadership style and traits/attributes of a sponsor.
A megaproject is thus entitled to a sponsor from the executive (most senior) ranks within an organisation. Executive sponsors are primarily allocated to projects of strategic importance that are complex, carry a considerable degree of risk, and are very visible. A megaproject is a large-scale, complex venture that typically costs US*1 billion or more, takes many years to develop and build, involves multiple public and private stakeholders, is transformational, and influences millions of people. References to the sponsor’s leadership, and the substantial component it represents in the profile of the sponsor, are equally prevalent in the literature reviewed. The importance of the sponsor role, including its contribution to the success or failure of a project, is widely recognised in the project management literature.
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