International Journal in Management & Social Science
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 8

A leadership profile of project managers engaged in infrastructure Development Projects in Northern Region of Sri Lanka

  • Author:
  • Thirugnanam Navaneethan
  • Total Page Count: 13
  • Page Number: 1 to 13

Department of Accountancy, Advanced Technological Institute, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Online published on 8 August, 2018.

Abstract

This paper reports the results of an assessment of project managers engaged in development projects in Northern Region of Sri Lanka. The results clearly and obviously identify positive success and negative leadership as the cause of project failure. The characteristics of leadership are further identified. It can be concluded that organizational effectiveness requires the project managers to combine their technical competency with the ability to develop and display leadership.

Keywords

Effective project management, leadership, organizational effectiveness, project management tools