Comparative case study of change in the electricity industries in New Zealand and The Gambia

This thesis examines the content and process of change associated with deregulation of the electricity industries in New Zealand and The Gambia by studying the scope of change, the process of implementation, the obstacles to change and the outcomes of change. The study employs a case study methodology using semi-structured interviews for primary data collection. A total of fifty-one respondents comprising senior managers, consultants and administrators were interviewed in both countries. Both manual and computer-aided analyses was carried out. Apart from providing a better understanding of the change process, the study makes three contributions to the literature on organisational change. First, it shows that internally initiated, controlled and implemented change processes are more likely to achieve their desired outcomes compared to change processes initiated, controlled and implemented from outside the organisation. Second, it demonstrates the crucial role of trust in facilitating effective change. Third, it illustrates the importance of the selection process in establishing and nurturing trust in organisations

Effects of Cicletanine on Kidney Function 2. Role of Renal Prostaglandins and Kinins, and of Muscarinic Receptors

ABSTRACT ABBREVIAT1ONS: UF, urine flow; UNa X V, U 1 X V, UK X V, urinary excretio

Structure and properties of porous ceramics obtained from aluminum hydroxide

In this paper the study of porous ceramics obtained from aluminum hydroxide with gibbsite modification is presented. The dependence of porosity and mechanical characteristics of the material sintered at different temperatures was studied. It was shown that compressive strength of alumina ceramics increases by 40 times with decreasing the pore volume from 65 to 15%. It was shown that aluminum hydroxide may be used for pore formation and pore volume in the sintered ceramics can be controlled by varying the aluminum hydroxide concentration and sintering temperature. Based on these results one can conclude that the obtained structure is very close to inorganic bone matrix and can be used as promising material for bone implants production