Advanced Applied Management

Question: Discuss about theAdvanced Applied Management. Answer: Secondary Research The Times of India,. (2016). Poor air quality kills 1.4 million people in India annually - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2016, from https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/Poor-air-quality-kills-1-4-million-people-in-India-annually/articleshow/50981761.cms This article provides me with a basis of figures of the number of deaths and a few causes or contributors to air pollution. According to the article, 1.4 million people die annually in India due to outdoor air pollution. India is a significant contributor to poor air quality as the people practice burn dung, wood and other sources for heating and cooking food. It also brings secondary useful data from one of the researchers in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, and his suggestion for three-pronged mitigation approach to address household air pollution sources, coal burning and open burning for agriculture. Guttikunda, S. Goel, R. (2013). Health impacts of particulate pollution in a megacityDelhi, India. Environmental Development, 6, 8-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2012.12.002 This journal article helps me in assessing the association between air pollution and its health impacts. The article reviews multiple in-depth studies for investigating the association between premature mortality and morbidity. Not only the findings reveal that air pollution is a pervasive health issue, but also the institutional, technological and behavioural intentions that would help Government of Delhi in reducing health impacts. Guttikunda, S., Goel, R., Pant, P. (2014). Nature of air pollution, emission sources, and management in the Indian cities. Atmospheric Environment, 95, 501-510. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.006 The journal is an informative secondary source as it covers the pollution related health impacts and the potential interventions that would help in controlling pollution. I am going to include this research in my paper as it proposes a path to cleaner India by 2030. Not only the health impacts, but it also focuses on interventions such as travel demand management, clean technology for brick kilns, waste management and other air pollution control measures. Primary Research For further investigation, the research shall be supported using quantitative and qualitative data. For conducting the primary research effectively, I shall contact my friends and relatives in different countries. The sample size shall be selected as 70 participants out of which 30 shall belong to India, and 40 participants shall belong to the international group (Taylor, DeVault, Bogdan, 2015). The domestic research shall help me in analysing the scenario and perspectives of the Indian population on air pollution. The foreign participants shall help me in finding the key deficiencies that can be addressed by the Indian Government to alleviate air pollution. With the above research pattern, I shall be able to conduct in-depth interviews in the cities participants live in (Welman et al., 2015). The domestic members shall be chosen from the four metropolitan cities of India- New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. My family and friends abroad shall cover New York, London and Melbourne. I shall also conduct research at my campus or in my hostel that would help me in gaining insight about the measures potentially adopted by the Indian Government. Additionally, I shall use Survey Money to conduct questionnaires that would form a strong base of my research I have framed a set of questions that would help me in gaining perspectives and suggestions of people regarding air pollution (Refer Appendix 1). I shall be following guidance from online tutorials for conducting a successful Survey Monkey Questionnaire. Additionally, one of my mentors shall guide me in conducting survey effectively. Emphasis Changes The main research question is: How should the Indian government improve its ability to alleviate the serious environmental crisis? The main objective of this research is to discover and investigate the ways in which Indian Government can make effective air pollution management. After determining the research question, my focus shifted to preparing interview questions for survey and in-depth investigation. The friends shall help in pilot-testing the questionnaire and necessary changes shall be made in the survey sheet based on their recommendations. Other Information The research project is important to me for multiple reasons. New Delhi is my hometown and going by the increasing pollution in the city bothers me. New Delhi is the capital city of India and it is important for the legislation to improvise its measures in cleaning the air (Bhave Kulkarni, 2015). Secondly, my father was previously involved in supplying light fittings to Bharat Coking Coal Limited. I have watched my father taking extra care going by the nature of his work. He provided me with tremendous information and enhanced the accuracy of collected information. Thirdly, the reasons for significant air pollution in Delhi are a complex mix of vehicular emissions, dust, residential fuel burning, construction and sea salt (Guttikunda Calori, 2013). The city generates 10,000 tons of municipal solid waste daily that is burnt emitting particulate pollution in the air (Delhiair.org, 2014). Coming Weeks Plan Particulars Contact Due Date Completion Status Contact with friends in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata 31st July Contact with friends in New York, London and Melbourne 1st August Conduct in-depth interviews 2nd August Read peer-reviewed journals to enhance research 3rd August Meet the mentor 4th August Conduct secondary research NA 5th 9th August Supervise the research 7th -10th August Actual: Plan Thus Far Particulars Contact Due Date Completion Status Contact seniors for discussing the project 12th -13th March Topic confirmation 14th March Confirmation and meeting with supervisor 15th March Conduct secondary research NA 17th 21st March Prepare questionnaire for survey 22nd March Pilot-testing 23rd March Prepare questions for in-depth interview 24th March Complete Progress Report 1 25th March References Delhiair.org,. (2014).What Causes Pollution in Delhi?.Delhiair.org. Retrieved 19 July 2016, from https://delhiair.org/india-and-delhi/what-causes-pollution-in-delhi/ Guttikunda, S. Calori, G. (2013). A GIS based emissions inventory at 1km1km spatial resolution for air pollution analysis in Delhi, India.Atmospheric Environment,67, 101-111. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.10.040 Guttikunda, S. Goel, R. (2013). Health impacts of particulate pollution in a megacityDelhi, India.Environmental Development,6, 8-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2012.12.002 Guttikunda, S., Goel, R., Pant, P. (2014). Nature of air pollution, emission sources, and management in the Indian cities.Atmospheric Environment,95, 501-510. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.006 P Bhave, P. Kulkarni, N. (2015). Air Pollution and Control Legislation in India.Journal Of The Institution Of Engineers (India): Series A,96(3), 259-265. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40030-015-0125-z Taylor, S., DeVault, M., Bogdan, R. (2015).Introduction to qualitative research methods(4th ed.). Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. The Times of India,. (2016).Poor air quality kills 1.4 million people in India annually - Times of India.The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2016, from https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/Poor-air-quality-kills-1-4-million-people-in-India-annually/articleshow/50981761.cms Welman, C., Kruger, F., Mitchell, B., Huysamen, G. (2015).Research methodology. Cape Town: Oxford University Press.