Choosing the right people to carry out a project is essential to its success, and when multiple projects are combined into a complex program, the human aspect becomes even more important. Project and Program Management: A Competency-Based Approach, Fifth Edition balances a complete account of the technical aspects of project and program management with a practical approach to understanding and developing the core competencies required to accomplish desired goals. On the technical side, this book is a complete introduction to predicting costs, setting schedules, and assessing risks. On the human side, it sheds new light on how to mold different personality types into a team, how to motivate the team's members, and how to produce extraordinary results. The author details the blocking and tackling of the program management approach, describing the best way to define, organize, and schedule the work to be done, while identifying risks and controlling costs throughout the process.This fifth edition has been significantly revised, with every chapter updated. The volume considers the magnitude of recent social, political, and technological changes. Included are insights from numerous students who bring to the forefront their current real-world practices from their individual businesses, industries, and disciplines.

Einf}hrung in die wichtigste Grundlage zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen: dieSprache - ihre k-rperlichen, geistigen und seelischen Voraussetzungen und vor allem die M-glichkeiten ihrer St-rung. Enth{lt Hinweise auf Beratungsstellen. Wendet sich an HNO-, Sprach- und Stimm{rzte, Logop{den undEltern und Erzieher von sprachgest-rten Kindern.

This book walks with its author on the journey to rebuild a life following a brain aneurysm, which had occurred in 2001. It allows us into the thoughts of the individual who daily lives with dealing with traumatic brain injury, yet unwilling to allow that to stop a full life!

Cases of Conflict focuses on times of dispute as important moments in the development of international environmental law. Conflict tests international law-both its content and its relevance become clearer in times of controversy-but conflict can also help shape the law. Drawing from a growing body of scholarship connecting the fields of international relations and international law, Cases of Conflict examines six prominent case studies to demonstrate how transboundary disputes have influenced the development of international environmental law and policy. Embracing their rich detail and real-world messiness, this book looks to develop a better understanding of the true content and potential of international environmental law.

In all organizational settings, managing projects is an ever-increasing necessity. Large corporations have departments that institute procedures for implementing and tracking projects, but smaller organizations can also benefit from becoming aware of the steps undertaken in creating a project so they can maximize planned outcomes. Mitchell Springer, an expert in these areas, provides an invaluable guide that details program management in a concise and understandable manner. This succinct reference will be a valuable asset and should be on the desk of anyone involved with the intricate and costly business of program management.