Affiliation: PM CONCEPTS AB
Email: ralf.mueller@pm-concepts.com

Biography

Ralf Müller is Professor of Project Management at BI Norwegian Business School, and Professor of Business Administration at Umeå University, School of Business, Sweden. In parallel he is the Managing Director of PM Concepts AB, a Sweden based management consultancy which advices larger enterprises in management and governance. He specializes in project, program and portfolio management of organizations, as well as research methods.

Ralf Müller’s research focus is on emotional intelligence in project, program and portfolio management within larger organizations. In these studies he investigates the relationship between emotional intelligence and success in projects of different types and different complexity. Much of this is summarized in his books with Professor Rodney Turner, such as “Choosing Appropriate Project Managers” or “Project-Oriented Leadership, as well as in his more than 100 journal articles, conference papers and book chapters.

Apart from emotional intelligence he also investigates into governance of projects and project-based organizations. He advised corporations and governments in 47 countries around the world on the improvement of their management, leadership and project governance.

Ralf Müller earned his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Henley Management College / Brunel University, UK, and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK.

Müller, R., Geraldi, J. & Turner, J. R. (2011). Relationships between Leadership and Success in Different Types of Project Complexities. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, doi: 10.1109/TEM.2011.2114350 (available online March 14, 2011).

Müller, R. & Turner, J. R. (2010). Attitudes and Leadership Competences for Project Success, Baltic Journal of Management, 5(3), pp. 307-329.

Müller, R., & Turner, J. R. (2010). Leadership competency profiles of successful project managers. International Journal of Project Management, 28(5), pp. 437-448.

Turner, J. R., Müller, R., & Dulewicz, V. (2009). Comparing the Leadership Styles of Functional and Project Managers. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2(2), pp. 198-216.

Müller, R., & Turner, J. R. (2007). Matching the project manager's leadership style to project type. International Journal of Project Management, 25(1), 21-32.

Turner, J. R., & Müller, R. (2005). The Project Manager's Leadership Style as a Success Factor on Projects: A Literature Review. Project Management Journal, 36(2), 49-61.

Müller, R. (2010). Leadership Competences in Projects. In R. Gleich, T. Mayer, R. Wagner & A. Wald (Eds.), Advanced Project Management (Vol. 2, Chapter14, pp. 221-238). Nuremburg, Germany: GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V.

Müller, R. (2009). Leadership in Technology Project Management. In T. Kidd (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Technology Project Management, Planning and Operations. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global.

Müller, R. 2009. Leadership in Technology Project Management. In P. Yoong (Ed.), Leadership in the Digital Enterprise: Issues and Challenges  Hershey, PA, USA: Business Science Reference, Chapter 13, pp. 216-231. (reprint)

Müller, R. & Turner, J. R. (2010). Project-Oriented Leadership. Aldershot, UK: Gower Publishing.

Turner, J. R., & Müller, R. (2006). Choosing Appropriate Project Managers: Matching their leadership style to the type of project. Newtown Square; USA: Project Management Institute.