There is an unmistakable trend in international organizations toward using project teams as building blocks through which its business is conducted. With this trend, management's role is being redefined to that of providing organizational support to project teams in addition to providing strategic vision and direction. Given appropriate management support, such project teams are capable of attaining remarkable performance. Described in this paper are keys to creating such organizational culture, three examples of world-class companies where effective organizational support for project management has been provided through the use of Executive Management Committees, and early results of an ongoing survey of organizational support for project management. Also described are steps found to be effective in implementing the Project Management Method and organizational support.