GRAD695 Proposal Draft 1
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ProposalDraft1-LinnanZhang.docxPOSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WORK AT HOME
POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WORK AT HOME
Positive Environmental Impact of Work at Home
Linnan Zhang
Harrisburg University
Positive Environmental Impact of Work at Home
Description of the Topic Comment by jamesscrivner: Change this header to Introduction and promote (center). Comment by jamesscrivner: Your Title implies a correlation and researcher bias. Suggested new title: Working from Home: The Environmental Impact
Working from home involves working from the place of residence instead of working from the office. Several reasons can make employees work from home. For instance, to save time, money, and to reduce work and life conflicts. Besides, working from home can occur to reduce stress and improve health and fitness (Bloom, 2020). Currently. Most of the people are working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. When people work from home, there is reduced paper use, better air quality, reduced energy consumption, and lower consumption of fossil fuels. Additionally, there are reduced emissions from the greenhouse, low plastic consumption, lowered impact on infrastructure, and small towns' development. Comment by jamesscrivner: Needs to be linked through a bibliographical software package. Comment by jamesscrivner: Needs to be quantified and cited. Comment by jamesscrivner: Is this your hypothesis? Do you have a research question?
Importance in Data Science
In data science, having information regarding how working from home impacts the environment positively leads to better decision making (Bloom, 2020). Usually, that data is compiled and interpreted to come up with conclusions. If the advantages of working from home are more than the disadvantages, the move is implemented. Data science analysts work closely with the government to chart the way forward. These scientists carry out the study, analyze data, and come up with conclusions and recommendations that they give to the authorities and private investors (David et al., 2020). After a discussion, the right decisions are made. In such cases, it is decided that employees will work from home since it is cheaper and saves time, among other benefits. Comment by jamesscrivner: Needs to be linked. Comment by jamesscrivner: Needs to be linked..
The Main Problem
The main problem is that employees take too much time to get to the workplace sometimes (Nansen et al., 2010). Also, there is a traffic jam in the streets as people go to work with their cars. Besides, a lot of air and sound pollution is caused by these cars. There is also the use of a lot of money to fuel cars and buy refreshments while at work. Air pollution is the one that has contributed significantly to global warming in the world (Bloom, 2020). As a result, there has been a change in climate, which directly impacts the food supply. Being stuck in traffic makes people get tired and get to work in a not active mood. Comment by jamesscrivner: Needs to be linked. Comment by jamesscrivner: Need re-writing. Not scholarly. Comment by jamesscrivner: Needs to be linked. Comment by jamesscrivner: Needs re-writing. Not scholarly.
My Tentative Solution Comment by jamesscrivner: Remove this header.
My tentative solution is to encourage working from home, but organizations and other employees should ensure that their workers have internet access and laptops or computers. There should also be a way of making sure that staff members are well trained to embrace technology to work (Hem, 2020). Performance should be assessed as agreed where the results of every employee are determined. Meetings should be held online using the zoom to evaluate progress and make changes where necessary (Jones et al., 2020).
Papers that Studied a Similar Problem Comment by jamesscrivner: Remove this header. This will be = Literature Review (Proposal Draft 2)
According to the source Bloom N. (2020), majority of the US employees are working from home. It is the duty of policy makers to make sure that as many employees as possible adopt this trend. Hem A. (2020) explains how technology has enabled employees to work from home. Thus, organizations have saved resources, and more time is decided to work. It is further explained that employees may want to work from the office even after lockdowns are lifted. The reason being that they have seen the benefits of working from home and have liked it. Comment by jamesscrivner: Not APA: Do not use the author’s first names nor initials in the citations. Needs to be linked. Comment by jamesscrivner: U.S. Comment by jamesscrivner: Not APA. See previous comments. Needs to be linked. Comment by jamesscrivner: This needs re-writing. Not schlorlalry.
Data that I plan to Use Comment by jamesscrivner: Remove this header.
I plan to use both primary and secondary data. Primary data is the one that I will collect directly from the respondents. I will use a survey method to collect the data where the tool will be an online questionnaire. Various questions will be asked where some will be open-ended, close-ended, and others will be multiple choice. Comment by jamesscrivner: You Cannot use a questionnaire nor survey on actual participants without an Institutional Board Review (IRB) approval. You will not be able to get this during this course’s time-frame.
Issues Comment by jamesscrivner: Remove this header.
Possible methods that I can use Comment by jamesscrivner: Remove this header.
Possible methods that I can use include survey and interview methods. However, a survey is better since it saves time and resources. Also, the analysis of data becomes easier when an online questionnaire is used. Comment by jamesscrivner: You do NOT have approval to do this.
References Bloom, B. N. (2020). How working from home works out. Stanford, Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). https://siepr.stanford.edu/research/publications/how-working-home-works-out Hern, A. (2020). Covid-19 could cause permanent shift towards home working. The Guardian, 11–14. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/13/covid-19-could-cause-permanent-shift-towards-home-working Jones, C. J. (2020). Optimal Mitigation Policies in a Pandemic: Social Distancing and Working from Home. NBER Working Paper Series, 34. http://www.nber.org/papers/w26984 Neiman, B., Slashing, B. A., Budgets, P. T., Do, F., Anticipate, N., & Survey, C. P. (2020). Firms Expect Working from Home to Triple. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. https://www.nber.org/papers/w26984 Nansen, B., Arnold, M., Gibbs, M., & Davis, H. (2010). Time, space and technology in the working-home: An unsettled nexus. New Technology, Work and Employment, 25(2), 136–153. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2010.00244.x
