Abstract:
In modern times, the number of projects is exponentially increasing and organizations are
becoming more and more Project-oriented with every passing day. Project Success has
become the ultimate target for every Organization and Project Manager. However, Project
Success rates have not been as high as these organizations and managers would desire.
Research is still being done to understand and identify the elements of project success and
mitigate the probability of failure of projects. Till date, multiple components have been
identified that influence project success including characteristics of a project manager, role
of organization and inter-personal skill etc. The research is an attempt to further probe into
the role of Project Manager, Project Team and Organization to understand their
contribution in project success. Previous studies have proved that Teamwork and
Transformational leadership have a significant impact on project success. This study
extends the horizons of this relationship by including an external influencing factor i.e.,
Inter-organizational Relationship (IOR) to validate its influence on project success within
public plus private sectors. A quantitative study was conducted considering the firms
operating in Lahore, Pakistan as the subject population of the research. A sample size of
222 was considered and an approach of convenience sampling was adapted to collect data
through questionnaires. Regression was applied on the primary data acquired from the
respondents which proved that the Project Manager’s Transformational Leadership Style
has a substantial and constructive effect on quality of teamwork, wherein teamwork acts as
a mediator between project manager’s style of leadership and Project Success.
Furthermore, the Inter-Organizational Relationship act as a moderator between the
relationship of Project Manager’s Transformational Leadership style and Project Success.
Through data collected from Project Managers of firms operating in Lahore, Pakistan, the
study allows to express a bigger picture towards the role of Project Manager, Project Teams
and Organization leading to Project Success. In theory, incorporation of external x
constraints like IOR and their influence on Project Success completely changes the
dimensions of previous studies and articulates the fact that Projects are an open-system
rather than a closed-system and should be studied as is, in order to achieve more accurate
results
