The megaproject sponsor as leader

dc.contributor.authorLouw, W.
dc.contributor.authorWium, J.
dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Herman
dc.contributor.authorGevers, W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-29T08:26:27Z
dc.date.available2019-07-29T08:26:27Z
dc.date.issued2018-11
dc.description.abstractThe importance of the sponsor role, including its contribution to the success or failure of a project, is widely recognised in the project management literature. 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. 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. 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 thus entitled to a sponsor from the executive (most senior) ranks within an organisation. 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 framework is then proposed to identify assessment instruments to evaluate the leadership style and leader traits/attributes of a project sponsor.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDie belangrikheid van die rol van die bestuursborg, insluitend die bydrae wat hy/sy maak tot die sukses of faling van ’n projek word wyd erken in die projekbestuur literatuur. Verwysings na die leierskapsrol van die bestuursborg asook die wesenlike komponent wat dit uitmaak van die profiel van die bestuursborg word bykans net soveel aangetref in die literatuur. ’n Megaprojek word gedefinieer as ’n grootskaalse, komplekse onderneming wat tipies 1 miljard Amerikaanse dollar of meer kos, etlike jare neem om te ontwikkel en te bou, veelvuldige publieke en privaat belanghebbendes betrek, transformasioneel van aard is, en miljoene mense beïnvloed. Uitvoerende bestuursborge word hoofsaaklik aangewys vir projekte van strategiese aard wat kompleks is, ’n beduidende hoeveelheid risiko dra, en uitsonderlik sigbaar is. Dit is dus duidelik dat ’n megaprojek geregtig is op ’n bestuursborg vanuit die uitvoerende en mees senior bestuursvlakke van ’n organisasie. Eerder as om aan te sluit by die debatte oor kompleksiteit en leierskap in die projekbestuur literatuur, dui hierdie artikel aan tot welke mate leierskapsteorieë benut kan word om instrumente te identifiseer wat kan meehelp in die evaluering van leierskapstyle asook die leierskap eienskappe/ attribute van ’n bestuursborg. Ter afsluiting word ’n raamwerk voorgestel om assesseringsinstrumente te identifiseer vir die evaluering van leierskapstyle en leier eienskappe/ attribute.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGraduate School of Technology Management (GSTM)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://sajie.journals.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLouw, W., Wium, J., Steyn, H. et al. 2018, 'The megaproject sponsor as leader', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 173-187.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1012-277X (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-7890 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.7166/29-3-2058
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/70803
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouthern African Institute for Industrial Engineeringen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019, South African Institute of Industrial Engineering. All rights reserved. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en_ZA
dc.subjectSponsor roleen_ZA
dc.subjectMegaprojecten_ZA
dc.subjectLeadershipen_ZA
dc.subjectBestuursborgen_ZA
dc.subjectMegaprojeken_ZA
dc.subjectLeierskapsrolen_ZA
dc.titleThe megaproject sponsor as leaderen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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