3.1. Research Goal
The essential research goal of the study reported on here was to develop a competency profile of successful innovation leaders in a science-based research and innovation organization in South Africa.The resulting profile may serve as basis for developing and reviewing a program of development for innovation leaders.The achievement of the research goal would bring greater clarity on the competencies associated with successful innovation leadership as derived from a criteria-based sample of successful practitioners as well as newly published literature in the fast emerging field of innovation.