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The impact of corporatisation and national competition policy: An exploratory study of organisational change and leadership style (2005)

James, Wendy

Bingley : Emerald

Leadership & organization development journal 26 (2005), S. 289-309

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ISSN: 0143-7739

Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005

Topics: Economics

Notes: Purpose - This study seeks to survey managers of an Australian government-owned enterprise undergoing organisational change as a result of public sector reform, specifically, National Competition Policy and Corporatisation. The purpose of the study is to examine the extent/type of organisational change and leadership style adopted to implement this change. Design/methodology/approach - To understand the effect of reforms, the researcher explored the extent of change and leadership style through the use of an intra-organisational survey in a government-owned Electricity Supply Corporation in Queensland, Australia. The instrument also included qualitative components to enable the researcher to qualify the statistical results. Findings - Within the public sector, there is an uneasy tension between the need for a revolution of outdated bureaucracies in order to enhance flexibility and innovation, on the one hand, and the desire to maintain the standards and procedures that are necessary for quality civic service for a broad range of stakeholders, on the other. The results of this study indicate that there was significant organisational change and, according to responses, a change of leadership style indicative of this dilemma. Research limitations/implications - The implications suggest the consideration of embedded factors while determining the processes and directions of change. Furthermore, it is necessary to choose a leadership style that is indicative of the type of change to be implemented. Additionally, greater participation by organisational members can increase the success of organisational change. The limitations of the study include the measurement of organisational change and leadership style. This instrument was originally used in structured interviews; however, measures were taken to validate the instrument in its altered setting. Further, the study is confined to a single electricity organisation. Fertile fields for future research projects could include a larger quantitative study conducted with multiple states or nation-wide electricity distribution companies. Originality/value - The study provides empirical evidence of the extent of change as a result of public sector reform. In doing so the study utilises organisational change and leadership style models within a public sector environment.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437730510600661

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A note on optimum ranges for the generation of sin and cos on a digital computer (1967)

James, Wendy ; Jarratt, P.

Springer

BIT 7 (1967), S. 73-75

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ISSN: 1572-9125

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Mathematics

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01934128

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A comparison of the effects of auxin on cluster root initiation and development in Grevillea robusta Cunn. ex R. Br. (Proteaceae) and in the genus Lupinus (Leguminosae) (2000)

Skene, Keith R. ; James, Wendy M.

Springer

Plant and soil 219 (2000), S. 221-229

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ISSN: 1573-5036

Keywords: auxin ; cluster roots ; proteoid roots ; root development ; root initiation

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition

Notes: Abstract The effect of NAA (naphthaleneacetic acid) on the development of cluster roots in members of the Proteaceae and Leguminosae was investigated. The exogenous addition of NAA led to initiation of cluster roots in phosphate conditions normally inhibitory for their development, but initiation took place within the limits of the cluster pattern under −P conditions. There was no change in spacing within the cluster root nor between cluster roots in Grevillea robusta Cunn. ex R. Br. or in rootlet length or cluster root length. In Lupinus albus L., change in rootlet length and cluster root length was noted at 10-10 and 1012 M NAA. In L. albus, the length of time that roots were exposed to NAA does not appear to be important, with similar levels of cluster root initiation after 48 h and 7 days. Cluster root production in G. robusta differed from that in L. albus in terms of the concentration of NAA needed to induce initiation, and in the effects of extremely low levels of NAA on rootlet numbers and lengths. L. arboreus L. does not produce cluster roots under −P conditions. Furthermore, neither L. arboreus L., L. angustifolius L., L. luteus L. nor L. mutabilis L. were induced to produce cluster roots under −P conditions, nor under +P conditions in the presence of exogenous NAA. Thus, exogenous NAA only leads to the induction of cluster roots, at levels of P normally inhibitive of their development, in species of Lupinus that produce them under −P conditions. Auxin-induced cluster roots develop within the same constraints as those developing under −P conditions. NAA does not induce cluster roots in species of Lupinus that do not produce them under −P conditions.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004730118886

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