Project Manager Selection Criteria For International Projects In INSPUR

The purpose of this research is to measure the project manager selection criteria in INSPUR(Chinese multinational information technology company),as it became a significant matter specifically after the INSPUR started working on international projects,besides its growing success in IT manufacturing and software designing.The main focused during the research is directors,project managers,team leaders and junior employees who have a concern in international projects for INSPUR Company.The population consists of 50 members including human resource management and project management office(PMO)in Global technology solution(GTS),INSPUR.Four points were established at the beginning of this study.The first point is to examine the scope of an organization to identify the types of projects in INSPUR,The usual cost of international projects,usual time period of projects,cooperation with international sub-contractors/vendors and the source of project requirements in terms of software and hardware.Secondly,to investigate the complexities of international projects concerning to international project managers.Thirdly,recognize the variables that affect in identifying the acceptable skills and behaviors of international project managers by INSPUR.Fourthly executing the implemented project manager selection criteria for international projects by INSPUR,to identify how often the mentioned international project manager selection criteria have been followed or implemented.The results show that the project manager selection criteria for international projects in INSPUR Company are major necessity to enhance performance in international projects.Therefore,it is mentioned to survey more and qualified project managers about this theory so that they perform better in international projects that leads to result in successful projects.The study disclosed that several Directors in INSPUR didn't focus on the international project manager's selection criteria,which is one of the foremost issues;need to be concentrated in order to make development in international project performances.As the Directors and senior leaders should designed a proper criteria for the selection of project managers for international projects,recruitment of international project managers on the basis of experiences in international project performances,providing proper training about international project performances,authorizing the project managers to use the company resources to achieve completion of international project goals and objectives.Also,regression analysis was applied to investigate the dependency of project manager's selection criteria for international projects on the following variables "Project Scope,Skills and Behaviors,Complexities" which shows that project scope and complexities are significant variables.