Smart acquisition was the change programme introduced at the end of the twentieth century charged with transforming the effectiveness of defence procurement within the United Kingdom. The initiative was rolled-out as a cornerstone of the Blair government’s strategic defence init…
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This thesis aims to analyse organizational change, focusing on the meanings attributed by participants in planned and unplanned processes of organizational change, in a large, UK hospitality company. Framed within the narrative meta-paradigm, this research employs a qualitative,…
This thesis explores the role and effectiveness of police authorities in connecting policing and the citizen and in increasing the citizen's involvement in the delivery of their policing service. The thesis examines: police authorities in the context of citizenship and in relati…
This research examines problematic and taken for granted issues in Scottish Secondary Education, from a critical community psychological perspective. Young people are positioned as central to the research, in particular young people experiencing exclusion being the most disempow…
The importance of good relationship among parties in the construction industry has been accepted as one of the central issues of an organisation's success. The growing acceptance to the Relational Contracting approaches that representing partnering, supply chain alliances and ot…
In recent years there has been increased focus on vulnerability and abuse however greater attention has been paid to this in relation to children, elders and in domestic situations. Within learning disability service there has been increasing attention on physical and sexual abu…
The research was carried out during a time when residential provision for people with learning difficulties in the north of Scotland was changing from being hospital based towards being community centred. The aim was to utilise an understanding of the dynamics of past provision …
“ Bilim Kurgu Sinemasında İktidar ve Teknoloji İlişkisi ” isimli bu tez çalışması, iktidar ve teknoloji arasında var olduğu düşünülen ilişkiyi ele almakta ve bu ilişkinin bilim kurgu sinemasındaki karşılığını filmlerdeki içerikler üzerinden analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmad…
Today, there is a rapidly growing sense of impending crisis with dire consequences for all humanity. The way humanity currently lives on earth is no longer sustainable. The incidence and course of human misery and suffering and the likelihood of extinction are increasing signifi…
This research explores narrative through ballet inspired movement and projection, using the concept of Giselle and the individual stories of dancers as catalysts for new work. The process emphasizes individuality with a focus on experience by working with stories of sexual haras…
‘‘Menopause . . . is the quintessential biopsychosocial experience. It is both crisis and opportunity”. McQuaide (1996:132) This study explores how women in contemporary Ireland understand, experience, and negotiate menopause. The research examines how the Midlife Women Rock Caf…
This dissertation examines the relationship between media and political power in the Middle East between state and non-state actors between 1952-2011. For the past seventy years in the Middle East, state actors (i.e. a nation-state’s government or leader) have used radio, televi…
The cultural aspects of guilt/innocence, shame/honor, and fear/power have received much attention since the twentieth century. While theologians in Western contexts have considered the guilt/innocence aspect and missiologists have researched the shame/honor aspect in missiologic…
The thrust of this study is to appraise the agency and contribution of Zimbabwe’s pre-service teacher education programme to epistemic (in)justice given its strategic position in the country’s education system. By adopting the qualitative paradigm, the study found the critical i…
Since its foundation, the US has been one of the unique countries that directs international arena. Each political move in US has the power of influencing any sank into oblivion part of the world. Not only the US foreign policy has an impact on world affairs, but also its domest…
This research is aimed at investigating the apology strategies and responses to apology employed by Saudis in speech acts. In investigating the apology strategies and response to apology, the study also explores the different factors that could affect the choice of these strateg…
The Little Theatre Movement, an amateur grass-roots theatre movement, in Canadahas often been regarded by historians as a “stepping-stone” in the greater culturalnationalist theatre history. As a result, women’s roles in this amateur theatre have eitherbeen ignored by scholars o…
Over the course of twenty years after 1763, thirteen of the Britain’s most-prized colonies tore away from their imperial fold, erupting eventually into a bloody civil war and a global revolution. Central to this all too familiar story, however, is an otherwise forgotten factor, …
Portuguese presence in the Gulf of Oman developed, in general, since the early sixteenth century. However, the Arab shores were constantly side-lined in favour of Hormuz, the centre of Portuguese operations in the region. That changed in 1622, when the island was lost to an Angl…