Much change has resulted from pressures at a global level, which now impact on South Africa as a member of the international community. Some changes were dramatic and, to a limited extent, resulted in revolutionary transformation. Various problems were experienced in the higher education sector in general. Merging of some higher education institutions in South Africa as part of transformation seemed to be an obvious solution. This was welcomed by some, yet resisted by others. Various forces started to evolve in the merging process. Owing to one of the most important characteristics of a force, namely its directedness, it can only be perceived (visibly) in its psychological context. The first objective of this study was to conceptualise some psychological forces within the context of a merging higher education institution. The second objective was to determine the perceptions and attitudes of academic school directors, deans and vice-rectors towards the thematically identified psychological forces in a quantitative manner. The last objective was to make recommendations on how the psychological conceptualisation of forces could be utilised in the future development of the merged university in this study. A qualitative exploratory and descriptive design was used to identify items that could be used in a quantitative survey. The quantitative data collected were used to assess interrelations among constructs. Constructs consisted of items related to the force as well as the psychological domain. Cronbach alpha coefficients and factor analysis of items linked to each construct were performed to confirm uni-dimensionality. Practically significant differences between certain constructs were reported by using Cohen's d-value. A measure of sampling adequacy (MSA) was also conducted as developed by Kaiser. Variances were explained and communalities were also indicated. Regarding the first objective, it was determined that the government, council, management, students and alumni, culture, strategy, peers and resources were identified in the three psychological domains. Regarding the second objective, the results indicated the highest affectivity towards management and the lowest towards council; the highest cognition for management and the least for council; and a positive conation towards management and a less positive conation towards council. However, communalities lower than 50% were reported on the construct "conative towards council". It could therefore be concluded that, based on the identified forces and their respective links with the psychological domains, evidence exists of negative affectivity towards and limited understanding of council. The contrary, however, applies in the case of management, which attracted much affectivity, cognition and conation in respect of the merger. Recommendations are made for the organisation and for future research. / Thesis (M.A. (Human Resource Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Much change has resulted from pressures at a global level, which now impact on South Africa as a member of the international community. Some changes were dramatic and, to a limited extent, resulted in revolutionary transformation. Various problems were experienced in the higher education sector in general. Merging of some higher education institutions in South Africa as part of transformation seemed to be an obvious solution. This was welcomed by some, yet resisted by others. Various forces started to evolve in the merging process. Owing to one of the most important characteristics of a force, namely its directedness, it can only be perceived (visibly) in its psychological context. The first objective of this study was to conceptualise some psychological forces within the context of a merging higher education institution. The second objective was to determine the perceptions and attitudes of academic school directors, deans and vice-rectors towards the thematically identified psychological forces in a quantitative manner. The last objective was to make recommendations on how the psychological conceptualisation of forces could be utilised in the future development of the merged university in this study. A qualitative exploratory and descriptive design was used to identify items that could be used in a quantitative survey. The quantitative data collected were used to assess interrelations among constructs. Constructs consisted of items related to the force as well as the psychological domain. Cronbach alpha coefficients and factor analysis of items linked to each construct were performed to confirm uni-dimensionality. Practically significant differences between certain constructs were reported by using Cohen's d-value. A measure of sampling adequacy (MSA) was also conducted as developed by Kaiser. Variances were explained and communalities were also indicated. Regarding the first objective, it was determined that the government, council, management, students and alumni, culture, strategy, peers and resources were identified in the three psychological domains. Regarding the second objective, the results indicated the highest affectivity towards management and the lowest towards council; the highest cognition for management and the least for council; and a positive conation towards management and a less positive conation towards council. However, communalities lower than 50% were reported on the construct "conative towards council". It could therefore be concluded that, based on the identified forces and their respective links with the psychological domains, evidence exists of negative affectivity towards and limited understanding of council. The contrary, however, applies in the case of management, which attracted much affectivity, cognition and conation in respect of the merger. Recommendations are made for the organisation and for future research. / Thesis (M.A. (Human Resource Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Van der Waals molecules are complexes of two or more atoms or molecules bound by weak intermolecular forces rather than a conventional chemical bond. This thesis contains a high resolution molecular beam study of the rotational spectra of two such species, ArNO and NeNO. A new hamiltonian is presented to account for the spectra of these open-shell complexes. The theory is similar to that already known for the uncomplexed diatom, nitric oxide, but is modified to an asymmetric top form appropriate for these non-linear species. Two novel interactions require inclusion. The first models a slight quenching of the NO orbital angular momentum by the rare gas atoms. The second is a large centrifugal distortion associated with the effects of the bending motion on the projection of the electronic angular momentum on the complex's a-inertial axis. A comparatively rich, though incomplete, spectrum is obtained for ArNO. Most of the transitions that originate from the lower rotational states are assigned and fitted to within a few MHz using the modified open-shell hamiltonian. Possible sources are suggested for the origins of the small residual errors between the observed and calculated transition frequencies. A vibrationally-averaged structure is derived from the fitted molecular parameters indicating an equilibrium geometry which is quite close to a T-shape. The hyperfine structure in the spectrum which is associated with the ¹⁴ N nucleus is well fitted by the hamiltonian; however, the magnetic hyperfine parameters are significantly perturbed from the values that best fit the lambda-doubling spectrum of the uncomplexed diatom. The implications of this with respect to the nature of the rare gas-nitric oxide intermolecular interaction are discussed. Greater experimental difficulties are encountered in trying to record the radiofrequency and microwave spectrum of NeNO and so fewer transitions have been measured than for ArNO. A partial analysis yields approximate values for the structural parameters. The complex exhibits a larger deviation from the T-shaped geometry than is observed for ArNO. The spectrum also provides an estimate of the magnitude of the quenching of the orbital angular momentum. The quenching interaction is somewhat larger in the neon complex.

Thesis--School of Advanced Air Power Studies, 1994. / Shipping list no.: 1998-0921-M. "February 1995." Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet from the Air University Press web site. Address as of 10/22/03: http://aupress.au.af.mil/SAAS%5FTheses/Fadok/fadok.pdf; current access is available via PURL.

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