The business research methods are an integral part of any business organization as they give the leadership the grounds from where they can make decisions on the business policy and strategies. This paper will be focusing on coming up with the appropriate style of conducting a research method that will benefit the business and the employees. The senior leadership has identified a problem in Sun Coast, and the most effective way is coming up with a method of solving the problem by conducting extensive research.

Literature Review

The issues of employee’s health related to pollution and the general work environment have been discussed extensively in different literature. Business organizations need to employ the concept of research methods to help solve various problems, more so when it comes to environmental pollution in the workplace. According to Efobi, Belmondo, Orkoh, Atata, Akinyemi, & Beecroft (2019). Research methods used in the business organization determine the strategies the same businesses use to create an effective operation. When it comes to the adverse effects of pollution in the work environment, like the case of Sun Coast, the organization leadership needs to make sound decisions on the state and the particulate matter.

There are different research studies on this subject, environmental issues in the workplace are so extensive, and it is important to come up with the proper system. The decision-making process requires detailed information, which means an effective research study is vital for the whole process. Research is what gives leadership the basis to make decisions. The article by Thongpracum & Silpjaru (2020) on pollution crisis management outlines the right approach that needs to be used in the creation of a workplace that complies with the right standards. The research methods have several elements that ensure the various components of the organization operations that relate to environmental pollutions. Scholars in their various research have made a substantial conclusion on this subject that research is the main tool of ensuring there is proper employee health policy.

Research Objectives

The objective of this research is focused on providing a solution to the organization's problems. The research objective basically describes the intention or the main agender that the research is being conducted to serve. In this case, the research has five main objectives.

RO1: To establish the role of research methods in addressing the organization's problems.

RO2: To come up with an effective research method to suit the organization's problem.

RO3: To find out the factors that affect the organization policy as it relates to the safe work environment.

Research Questions and Hypotheses

A research study is only complete when the research question is well outlined to give the study team a framework and direction which the research will take. The research questions are meant to be answered by the research team in their various objectives as they focus on attaining the specific study goals. The hypotheses are the basic explanations that have been put in place to describe a phenomenon. The following are the main research questions in this study.

RQ1: What are the roles of research in organization operations?

H01: Increasing the number of research studies improves the knowledge of organization operations and productivity.

HA1: Continuous research process will not have significant improvement in the organization et up.

Research Methodology, Design, and Methods

When conducting a research study, it is important to choose the right approach, give the necessary results to the study team, and answer the research question appropriately. The research methodology involves selecting, identifying, and analyzing the information that relates to a given topic. On the other hand, a research design is the strategy that would be used to integrate the different components of the study with logic to achieve the study goals. On the other hand, research methods are simply the different ways a research study can be conducted to give the necessary results. The research methods include; surveys, interviews, case studies, among others.

When conducting any research study, it is important to have proper guidelines on the data collection methods. In this case, data collection methods would involve the different approaches used to gather data about the problem of this case. It will help come up with the necessary information about the pollution in the work environment and the benefit of research in solving the organization problems.

In this case, sampling design is the approach that would be used to come up with different categories about the samples used in the research. The sample selection should correspond according to the study population, meaning the design should be preproperated. After the samples have been collected accordingly, the next step would be the data analysis process. The analysis will ensure that the data collected can actually relate to the research population and so can be used to make conclusions on the study.

Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics and Assumption Testing

After the samples have been collected about this research process and the research question, it is important to inspect, transform, and cleanse the related data to develop appropriate information to conclude the research question. There are different approaches that can be used, among them descriptive statistics and assumption testing. This element involves the quantitative description of the information provided about the research data in this case. Several assumptions are made, which also need to be tested for the verification process. This study mainly involved the descriptive research method, and the assumptions are to be made in that direction. It is critical to verify the validity of the data or the information before making conclusions.

Data Analysis: Hypothesis Testing

The other key part of the research is the data analysis that focuses on testing the research hypothesis. This should be based exclusively on the research question and the data relevant to the collected samples. In this case, the research was using the descriptive study approach, and it is important to understand the hypothesis testing approach should actually take that direction. The data analysis involves the use of several test approaches, for example, the t-test for the hypothesis.

Findings

The comprehensive research study is important in coming up with a solid and sound strategy for solving the organization's problems. The descriptive research method answered the research questions effectively. Pollution in the work environment harms the employee’s health as well as interfering with general organization productivity. The organization policy has not given the employees' health and the organization's pollution issues the seriousness it deserves.

Recommendations

According to the nature of the organization's state, there are some key recommendations that the management needs to consider. First is the introduction of a policy in the organization that will ensure the health and environmental issues are given priority. Encouraging the employees to follow the protocols put in place to curb the pollution issues in the organization. Management should train employees on how to ensure the work environment is not polluted and give their individual health priority.

References

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Thongpracum, S., & Silpjaru, T. (2020). Pollution Crisis Management Guideline for Industrial Plants in Industrial Estate in Thailand. Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 19(2), 1-13.

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