Abstract
This study investigated actions of high-level project managers who attained substantial profit and their frequency in the pre-first meeting stage, in the first meeting, and in the middle stage of the project. Factor analysis identified seven factors in the pre-first meeting stage, another seven in the first meeting, and fourteen in the middle stage. Analysis as to characteristics of the eminent high-level project managers who attained substantial profit and undertook difficult projects revealed that their characteristics were salient in the pre-first meeting stage and the middles stage. They asked for cooperation and commitment of relevant divisions and made use of previous and on-going similar cases more often than the other project managers did in the pre-first meeting stage. As well, they tried to make democratic atmosphere and controlled changes of rules carefully to facilitate and keep flexible and clear project environment more often. These results imply that high-level project managers adapting to changing situation make continuous effort to build a goal-directed team of project members and stakeholders and that this effort leads them to high performance.
