Open AccessInfluence of sponsor's management style in project prioritization
Author(s) -
Luciana Magalhães Girardin Pimentel Rodrigues,
Luciano Ferreira da Silva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of industrial engineering and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.385
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2013-8423
pISSN - 2013-0953
DOI - 10.3926/jiem.3068
Subject(s) - prioritization , context (archaeology) , originality , project management , management styles , knowledge management , process management , process (computing) , perspective (graphical) , qualitative research , business , computer science , engineering , public relations , sociology , political science , systems engineering , geography , social science , archaeology , artificial intelligence , operating system
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is understand how the different styles of sponsor management influence the prioritization of projects.Design/methodology/approach: The empiric analysis used in-depth interviews with 11 executives as method for data collection and qualitative content analysis using theory and data driven categories for analysis is performed.Findings: This research points to the emergence of opportunistic management style, and to evidences of lack of strategic alignment in the project prioritization process.Research limitations/implications: The lack of prioritization methods evidences to compare with project management style. Also, the number of project managers to interview as experts.Practical implications: The analysis shows that committees and post-project evaluation be established to mitigate failures in the prioritization process impacted from sponsor’s management styles influence.Originality/value: The paper provides a critical perspective about sponsor’s management styles and project prioritization context; it is important to highlight how different management styles of the sponsor result in different behaviors in the companies.