Which role has confidence in the idea, challenges the organizational realities of costs and benefits, and gains the political and financial support needed to bring it to reality?

• A. Champion
• B. Sponsor
• C. Inventor
• D. Critic

Answer: (A)

A champion is someone who believes in a new idea and actively drives it forward by testing how it fits with real-world constraints. They have confidence in the concept but challenge the organizational realities of costs and benefits to determine its true feasibility. Crucially, they work to win political and financial support, rallying stakeholders, and securing the resources needed to bring the idea to reality. This combination of conviction, critical examination of feasibility, and proactive mobilization of backing is what makes this role the best match for the description. A sponsor provides resources and legitimacy, but may not equally stress reevaluating the costs and benefits; an inventor creates the idea, and a critic resists or questions it, rather than leading the broad mobilization to implementation.