Ralf Müller

Die Neuauflage des Buches wurde wiederum deutlich erweitert. Sie enthält die wichtigsten Formeln und über 200 vollständig gelöste Aufgaben zur Kinetik und Hydrodynamik. Besonderer Wert wird auf das Finden des Lösungsweges und das Erstellen der Grundgleichungen gelegt. Behandelte Themen sind: Kinematik des Punktes.- Kinetik des Massenpunktes.- Bewegung des Massenpunktsystems.- Kinematik des starren Körpers.- Kinetik des starren Körpers.- Stoßvorgänge.- Schwingungen.- Relativbewegungen.- Prinzipien der Mechanik.- Hydrodynamik.

Das selbständige Lösen von Aufgaben ist der Weg zum erfolgreichen Studium der Technischen Mechanik. Die Aufgabensammlung zum Marktführer "Technische Mechanik 1 (Statik)" wurde in der 14. Auflage ergänzt und überarbeitet. Sie enthält die wichtigsten Formeln und mehr als 180 didaktisch gut aufgebaute, vollständig gelöste Aufgaben. Besonderer Wert wird auf das Finden des Lösungsweges und das Aufstellen der Grundgleichungen gelegt. Der Inhalt Gleichgewicht - Schwerpunkt - Lagerreaktionen - Fachwerke - Balken, Rahmen, Bogen - Seile - Der Arbeitsbegriff in der Statik - Haftung und Reibung - Flächenträgheitsmomente. Die Zielgruppen Das Buch wendet sich an Studierende der Ingenieurwissenschaften aller Fachrichtungen an Universitäten und Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften.

Der Weg zum erfolgreichen Studium der Technischen Mechanik führt über das selbständige Lösen von Aufgaben. Die Aufgabensammlung zum Marktführer „Technische Mechanik 2 - Elastostatik" wurde in der Neuauflage überarbeitet und korrigiert. Alle Bilder sind in Anlehnung an das Standardwerk „Technische Mechanik 2 - Elastostatik“ jetzt durchgehend vierfarbig gestaltet. Die aktuelle Auflage enthält die wichtigsten Formeln und jetzt mehr als 150 didaktisch gut aufbereitete, vollständig gelöste Aufgaben. Besonderer Wert wird auf das Finden des Lösungsweges und das Erstellen der Grundgleichungen gelegt.Der InhaltSpannung, Verzerrung, Elastizitätsgesetz.- Zug und Druck.- Biegung.- Torsion.- Der Arbeitsbegriff in der Elastostatik.- Stabilität.- Hydrostatik.- Literaturhinweise.- Bezeichnungen.

Die Neuauflage des Buches wurde wiederum deutlich erweitert. Sie enthält die wichtigsten Formeln und mehr als 200 vollständig gelöste Aufgaben zur Kinetik und Hydrodynamik. Besonderer Wert wird auf das Finden des Lösungsweges und das Erstellen der Grundgleichungen gelegt. Behandelte Themen sind: Kinematik des Punktes.- Kinetik des Massenpunktes.- Bewegung des Massenpunktsystems.- Kinematik des starren Körpers.- Kinetik des starren Körpers.- Stoßvorgänge.- Schwingungen.- Relativbewegungen.- Prinzipien der Mechanik.- Hydrodynamik.

A new theory of balanced leadership in projects Leadership is not static. Instead, authority in projects shifts dynamically between project managers, individual team members, and sub-teams, depending on the situation. Leadership may be exercised through a vertical, horizontal, shared, or distributed leadership approach. However, balanced leadership ensures the best suitable approach is used in any given situation. Based on an award-winning global program of research studies, Balanced Leadership is a thorough investigation of balanced leadership in projects. Ralf Müller, Nathalie Drouin, and Shankar Sankaran present a project-specific leadership approach as well as a theory of balanced leadership, and the situations in which different strategies are required. They also outline the five building blocks that enable balanced leadership: nomination of team members, identification of potential leaders, selection and empowerment of leaders, empowered leadership and its governance, and leadership transition. The book explains the coordination of these building blocks through the socio-cognitive space shared by project manager and team. Using real-life case studies and clear examples, this book offers a new way of considering and utilizing dynamic leadership in project settings.

A new theory of balanced leadership in projects Leadership is not static. Instead, authority in projects shifts dynamically between project managers, individual team members, and sub-teams, depending on the situation. Leadership may be exercised through a vertical, horizontal, shared, or distributed leadership approach. However, balanced leadership ensures the best suitable approach is used in any given situation. Based on an award-winning global program of research studies, Balanced Leadership is a thorough investigation of balanced leadership in projects. Ralf Müller, Nathalie Drouin, and Shankar Sankaran present a project-specific leadership approach as well as a theory of balanced leadership, and the situations in which different strategies are required. They also outline the five building blocks that enable balanced leadership: nomination of team members, identification of potential leaders, selection and empowerment of leaders, empowered leadership and its governance, and leadership transition. The book explains the coordination of these building blocks through the socio-cognitive space shared by project manager and team. Using real-life case studies and clear examples, this book offers a new way of considering and utilizing dynamic leadership in project settings.

This concise text introduces an integrated view of all project management-related activities in an organization, called Organizational Project Management (OPM). Practical cases from several organizations, as well as popular theories such as the Resource-Based Theory and Institutional Theory provide for an insightful yet realistic understanding of OPM as an integrative tool for organizations to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. The reader will learn how separate organizational functions, such as project, program and portfolio management and governance integrate in a cohesive manner. The authors describe how different approaches to competing in the marketplace link to strategies, and the ways of selecting the 'best' business opportunities for organizations and integrating them into existing workflows and structures. They develop and describe a model that shows how OPM works within organizations. The book is a valuable resource for top managers, reflective practitioners, academics, and postgraduate students in organization theory.

This concise text introduces an integrated view of all project management-related activities in an organization, called Organizational Project Management (OPM). Practical cases from several organizations, as well as popular theories such as the Resource-Based Theory and Institutional Theory provide for an insightful yet realistic understanding of OPM as an integrative tool for organizations to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. The reader will learn how separate organizational functions, such as project, program and portfolio management and governance integrate in a cohesive manner. The authors describe how different approaches to competing in the marketplace link to strategies, and the ways of selecting the 'best' business opportunities for organizations and integrating them into existing workflows and structures. They develop and describe a model that shows how OPM works within organizations. The book is a valuable resource for top managers, reflective practitioners, academics, and postgraduate students in organization theory.

From the perspective of delivering successful projects, the value of a skilled project sponsor and project manager outweighs many other factors. Projects need leaders who can give them vision, identity, keep the stakeholders and the project team on board and make the difficult decisions that will enable the project to continue (or, if necessary, be terminated). These are human skills that don't necessarily feature large in the project management bodies of knowledge. Ralf Müller and Rodney Turner's Project-Oriented Leadership explains the key leadership models of managerial, intellectual and emotional leadership and shows how they can be applied within projects to lead processes, functions and people, and ensure an ethical and inclusive approach within projects and programs.

This book contains the most important formulas and more than 140 completely solved problems from Mechanics of Materials and Hydrostatics. It provides engineering students material to improve their skills and helps to gain experience in solving engineering problems. Particular emphasis is placed on finding the solution path and formulating the basic equations. Topics include:- Stress- Strain- Hooke’s Law- Tension and Compression in Bars- Bending of Beams- Torsion- Energy Methods- Buckling of Bars- Hydrostatics

This book contains the most important formulas and more than 160 completely solved problems from Statics. It provides engineering students material to improve their skills and helps to gain experience in solving engineering problems. Particular emphasis is placed on finding the solution path and formulating the basic equations. Topics include:- Equilibrium - Center of Gravity, Center of Mass, Centroids - Support Reactions - Trusses - Beams, Frames, Arches - Cables - Work and Potential Energy - Static and Kinetic Friction - Moments of Inertia

This book contains the most important formulas and more than 190 completely solved problems from Kinetics and Hydrodynamics. It provides engineering students material to improve their skills and helps to gain experience in solving engineering problems. Particular emphasis is placed on finding the solution path and formulating the basic equations. Topics include: - Kinematics of a Point - Kinetics of a Point Mass - Dynamics of a System of Point Masses- Kinematics of Rigid Bodies - Kinetics of Rigid Bodies - Impact - Vibrations - Non-Inertial Reference Frames - Hydrodynamics

Dynamic Fracture of Piezoelectric Materials focuses on the Boundary Integral Equation Method as an efficient computational tool. The presentation of the theoretical basis of piezoelectricity is followed by sections on fundamental solutions and the numerical realization of the boundary value problems. Two major parts of the book are devoted to the solution of problems in homogeneous and inhomogeneous solids. The book includes contributions on coupled electro-mechanical models, computational methods, its validation and the simulation results, which reveal different effects useful for engineering design and practice. The book is self-contained and well-illustrated, and it serves as a graduate-level textbook or as extra reading material for students and researchers.

Dynamic Fracture of Piezoelectric Materials focuses on the Boundary Integral Equation Method as an efficient computational tool. The presentation of the theoretical basis of piezoelectricity is followed by sections on fundamental solutions and the numerical realization of the boundary value problems. Two major parts of the book are devoted to the solution of problems in homogeneous and inhomogeneous solids. The book includes contributions on coupled electro-mechanical models, computational methods, its validation and the simulation results, which reveal different effects useful for engineering design and practice. The book is self-contained and well-illustrated, and it serves as a graduate-level textbook or as extra reading material for students and researchers.

From the perspective of delivering successful projects, the value of a skilled project sponsor and project manager outweighs many other factors. Projects need leaders who can give them vision, identity, keep the stakeholders and the project team on board and make the difficult decisions that will enable the project to continue (or, if necessary, be terminated). These are human skills that don't necessarily feature large in the project management bodies of knowledge. Ralf Müller and Rodney Turner's Project-Oriented Leadership explains the key leadership models of managerial, intellectual and emotional leadership and shows how they can be applied within projects to lead processes, functions and people, and ensure an ethical and inclusive approach within projects and programs.

Without a governance structure, an organization runs the risk of conflicts and inconsistencies between the various means of achieving organizational goals, the processes and resources, causing costly inefficiencies that impact negatively on both smooth running and bottom line profitability. However, the frequency of projects failing to meet these corporate objectives has focused attention firmly on the process of project governance. In this book, Ralf Müller provides a well-researched framework to explain the different preferences organizations have in goal setting, along with the best-practices, roles and responsibilities related to governance tasks. This concise text is an important guide for project and programme managers, those managers concerned with corporate governance such as risk managers and internal auditors, project sponsors and project board members, as well as academics researching organizational and project performance. Project Governance is part of the Gower Fundamentals of Project Management Series. Practising professionals and project students will find in the fundamentals a definitive, shorthand guide to each of the main competencies associated with project management; a book that is authoritative, based on current research but immediately relevant and applicable.

Der Autor unterzieht in diesem Buch die Entwicklungspolitik der Europaischen Union am Beispiel der Staaten Afrikas, der Karibik und des Pazifiks (AKP-Staaten) einer europarechtlichen und zugleich oekonomischen Bewertung. Ausgehend von einer Kompetenzanalyse wird der entwicklungspolitische Charakter des aktuellen AKP-Abkommens bejaht und die Politik insgesamt zwischen gemeinschaftlicher Handelspolitik und intergouvernementaler Aussenpolitik verortet. Mit Hilfe einschlagiger Daten weist der Autor die Verfehlung der selbst gesteckten Ziele der AKP-EU-Entwicklungszusammenarbeit nach. OEkonomische Erkenntnisse aus Theorie und Empirie werden herangezogen, um Verbesserungsvorschlage in den Bereichen "good governance", Investitionen, gesellschaftliche Entwicklung und Gestaltung der Handelsbeziehungen abzuleiten.