Wong Chun Wing. / "August 2002." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-169). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

by Ng Sik Tim. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 229). / by Ng Sik Tim. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.6 / Chapter 1.1 --- Resonances in open systems --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2 --- Descriptions of open optical systems --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3 --- The wave equations and E.M. fields --- p.17 / Chapter 2 --- The stabilization method --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2 --- Formalism --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The derivation of scattering phase shift --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The cumulative density of states --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- Worked examples --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The importance of large b --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- The comparison of different approaches --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Summary --- p.52 / Chapter 2.4 --- Other examples --- p.52 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Discussions --- p.52 / Chapter 3 --- Completeness and orthogonality of QNM's --- p.64 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.64 / Chapter 3.2 --- QNM's of the scalar analog of electromagnetism --- p.65 / Chapter 3.3 --- The representation of Green's function --- p.66 / Chapter 3.4 --- The completeness of QNM's --- p.72 / Chapter 3.5 --- The orthogonality of QNM's --- p.73 / Chapter 3.6 --- Discussions --- p.75 / Chapter 4 --- Variational method for resonant states --- p.78 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.78 / Chapter 4.2 --- Formalism --- p.79 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Complex variational method --- p.79 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Non-linear variation --- p.82 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Linear variation --- p.84 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- The orthogonality of approximate wave function --- p.85 / Chapter 4.3 --- Numerical examples --- p.86 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- A sketch of calculations --- p.86 / Chapter 5 --- The diagonalization method --- p.98 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.98 / Chapter 5.2 --- Completeness and orthogonality --- p.100 / Chapter 5.3 --- Formalism --- p.101 / Chapter 5.4 --- Numerical examples --- p.107 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Descriptions of examples and results --- p.108 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Summary of results --- p.131 / Chapter 5.5 --- Discussions --- p.134 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- The case with a > c --- p.134 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- A comparison with Fourier's series --- p.138 / Chapter 6 --- The Green's function method --- p.147 / Chapter 6.1 --- Formalism --- p.147 / Chapter 6.2 --- Numerical results --- p.154 / Chapter 6.3 --- Discussions --- p.173 / Chapter 7 --- The uniqueness theorem of QNM's --- p.179 / Chapter 7.1 --- A brief review --- p.179 / Chapter 7.2 --- Physical meanings of the conditions --- p.184 / Chapter 7.3 --- The uniqueness theorem of QNM's --- p.188 / Chapter 7.4 --- The generalization of diagonalization --- p.190 / Chapter 7.5 --- Derivation of Green's function method --- p.192 / Chapter 7.6 --- Numerical examples --- p.193 / Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.204 / Chapter A --- The scalar wave equations --- p.207 / Chapter B --- The electromagnetic fields --- p.214 / Chapter C --- Second order expansion in B --- p.217 / Chapter D --- The derivation of D(w) --- p.220 / Chapter E --- The stability of eigenvectors --- p.223

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Systems Psychodynamics is unique as an approach to consulting to organisations in the way it integrates three theory streams: psychoanalysis; group relations and open systems theory. Consultants who work in this way focus on the many layers of interactions and exchanges taking place both within organisations and at the interface between an organisation and its external environment. The territory for collaborative exploration with clients extends from interpersonal and group dynamics to service and product- related systems and processes. It is a holistic approach that creates opportunities for transformational learning at every level of the organisation. As a practice, consulting with a systems psychodynamics approach is complex and difficult to master. Arguably, the most challenging dimension of this work for consultants is developing a capacity to think within a psychoanalytic conceptual framework: to discern and hypothesise about unconscious processes in organisations. But what precisely does this mean and what is this experience like for the consultants? This research project was designed to explore and describe the experience of working with a systems psychodynamic approach from the consultants' perspectives within the Australian context. To this end, 20 consultants who self-selected as working with a systems psychodynamic approach were involved in this research. From the data created in this process, what is documented in this thesis is the first detailed description of the experience of 'working in this way' taken from the combined perspectives of these 20 consultants. Further, a systems psychodynamic approach to research is defined and applied in this thesis. In this way, the systems psychodynamics within the temporary 'system' created by the research was part of the territory under investigation. This process led to an important discovery. 18 of 20 consultants strongly asserted the importance of working with colleagues in pairs or teams when adopting a systems psychodynamic approach. However, at the time of interviewing, all 20 consultants were working alone and only 3 had immediate plans to work with others. An exploration of the reasons for this gap between beliefs about best practice and actual practice became the focus for the analysis of the data. What is discovered through this analysis is that the reasons why consultants are predominantly choosing to work alone are likely to be complex and irreducible. An exploration of the issues that working together can surface for consultants who apply a systems psychodynamic approach is presented under four sub-topics: system domain issues; theory-related issues; interpersonal issues and intrapsychic issues. In this detailed analysis, what is revealed is an absence of 'good enough' containment for the anxieties that are likely to be aroused when consultants work together. To this end, four 'containers' are proposed: organisation/brand-as-container; management-as-container; supervision-as-container and theory/praxis-as container. This research has uncovered some important challenges facing the community of practitioners in Australia. It is the contention in this thesis that they need to be addressed if the practice of consulting with a systems psychodynamic approach is to flourish and continue to grow.

Cette thèse porte sur l'étude de propriétés dynamiques de modèles quantiques portés hors équilibre. Nous introduisons en particulier des modèles généraux de type spin-boson, qui décrivent par exemple l'interaction lumière-matière ou certains phénomènes de dissipation. Nous contribuons au développement d'une approche stochastique exacte permettant de d'écrire la dynamique hors équilibre du spin dans ces modèles. Dans ce contexte, l'effet de l'environnement bosonique est pris en compte par l'intermédiaire des degrés de liberté stochastiques supplémentaires, dont les corrélations temporelles dépendent des propriétés spectrales de l'environnement bosonique. Nous appliquons cette approche à l'étude de phénomènes à N-corps, comme par exemple la transition de phase dissipative induite par un environnement bosonique de type ohmique. Des phénomènes de synchronisation spontanée, et de transition de phase topologique sont aussi identifiés. Des progrès sont aussi réalisés dans l'étude de la dynamique dans les réseaux de systèmes lumière-matière couplés. Ces développements théoriques sont motivés par les progrès expérimentaux récents, qui permettent d'envisager une étude approfondie de ces phénomènes. Cela inclut notamment les systèmes d'atomes ultra-froids, d'ions piégés, et les plateformes d'électrodynamique en cavité et en circuit. Nous intéressons aussi à la physique des systèmes hybrides comprenant des dispositifs à points quantiques mésoscopiques couplés à un résonateur électromagnétique. L'avènement de ces systèmes permet de mesures de la formation d'états à N-corps de type Kondo grâce au résonateur; et d'envisager des dispositifs thermoélectriques. / This thesis deals with the study of dynamical properties of out-of-equilibrium quantum systems. We introduce in particular a general class of Spin-Boson models, which describe for example light-matter interaction or dissipative phenomena. We contribute to the development of a stochastic approach to describe the spin dynamics in these models. In this context, the effect of the bosonic environment is encapsulated into additional stochastic degrees of freedom whose time-correlations are determined by spectral properties of the bosonic environment. We use this approach to study many-body phenomena such as the dissipative quantum phase transition induced by an ohmic bosonic environment. Synchronization phenomena as well as dissipative topological transitions are identified. We also progress in the study of arrays of interacting light-matter systems. These theoretical developments follow recent experimental achievements, which could ensure a quantitative study of these phenomena. This notably includes ultra-cold atoms, trapped ions and cavity and circuit electrodynamics setups. We also investigate hybrid systems comprising electronic quantum dots coupled to electromagnetic resonators, which enable us to provide a spectroscopic analysis of many-body phenomena linked to the Kondo effect. We also introducethermoelectric applications in these devices.

To turn today’s challenges and threats into fruitful opportunities, marketing organizations must move away from their traditional modus operandi of closed system approach to an open system where employees, customers, procedures, processes, vendors, and strategies are viewed interdependently. This article presents a systematic and synergistic practical framework grounded in an open system. A case study is employed to illustrate the application of the framework and to demonstrate how it can benefit organizations in attaining desirable outcomes.