Engineering Research: Gas Pipeline Operation Management in Australia

This report investigates operation management strategies within the gas pipeline construction industry in Australia. It begins by posing research questions addressing operational strategies, leak detection programs, and API leak detection methods. The research design section details the selection of correlational and quasi-experimental research approaches, providing advantages and disadvantages of each. The report emphasizes the importance of considering both internal and external environmental factors. The methodology section highlights the use of primary data collection through surveys and questionnaires to inform the design of operational management policies and procedures, also considering the chemical nature and quality of gas. It identifies the strengths and limitations of the research design and concludes that quasi and correlation research are essential for answering the research questions. The bibliography lists various research method resources.

Running head: OPERATION MANAGEMENT IN GAS PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
Engineering Research Methods: Operation Management in Gas Pipeline Construction in
Australia
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Research design
Research question
For diminishing the issues of operation management in the gas pipeline industry of Australia, it
is necessary for the research designer to consider all the construction aspects accurately. The
issues could be resolved if after the completion of the research study the designer become able to
answer all the questions properly. The research questions should consider both the internal ad the
external environment. The developed question or the research area is as follows:
 What are the different operation management strategies should develop in gas pipeline
industry of Australia?
 What is the reason behind the application of pipe leakage detection program in the gas
pipeline industry of Australia?
 Identify different API leak detection programs those are essential for the development of
pipeline guidance programs?
Related work
Different types of experimental design approaches are there such as experimental, quasi,
co-relational, ethnography etc. With the help of these research design approaches the researcher
would be able to evaluate the project successfully. After analyzing the outline of the research
topic that is “Role of operational management in pipeline industries of Australia”, it is important
to select the most suitable research design approaches correlational and quasi research design.
However, based on the positive and negative impact of these research design approaches, two of
these approaches are selected by the researcher.

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Advantages and disadvantages of quasi research design
Advantages disadvantages
This particular approach is useful when it is
unethical to influence the Independent
Variable.
The rate of human level error could be
minimized with the application of this
particular research design approach.
It helps to study the real effect so that the
realism and ecological validity can be
increased accordingly.
In certain occasions the irrelevant variables
could create artificial situation. These
approaches have less amount of internal
validity. The participants Are required to wait
until the independent variables are identified
by the researchers.
The control over the variables will also
increase after the implementation of the
experimental research work.
In the secondary data collection process the
participants who are taking part in the research
approach, are influenced with the environment.
The relationship between the cause and effect
in a much easier way could be determined.
Another disadvantage of this research design
implies that, manipulation of the variables is
not seen as completely objectives in nature.
A much better level of experimental resultant
can be generated with the help of this research
design.
This particular approach could be used only in
the naturally variable conditions.
Advantages and disadvantages of Correlational research design

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Advantages Disadvantages
The correlation research design approach
allows the researchers to gather information
than the experiments. On the other hand it
basically take place outside the laboratory thus,
the generated results are referred to as much
applicable in the daily usage.
This approach is unable to provide conclusion
statement or conclusive reasons rather it is only
helps to uncover the relationship between the
researchers and the participants in the
secondary data collection research.
For further research development it is also very
much helpful.
This research design is unable to expose those
variables which are influencing in nature and
unable to identify those variables which
influence the others.
It helps to provide a more valuable and
reasonable situation to the researchers for
investigation and research work.
The causations could not be determined with
the help of this particular approach.
Design
Different research design approaches are there and after considering the research topic it
has been defined that, for this particular topic, quasi experiment and correlation research design
are very much beneficial. In order to answer all of these Questions it is necessary to use the
correlation and quasi research design approaches.
In order to develop the design the positivism research philosophy should be developed by
the researchers and on the other hand with the help of this particular design approach the level of
understanding on this particular topic could be extended and the hidden facts about proper

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decision making approach will be completely done with the help of this approach. Though while
collecting data from the resources it is necessary for the research developers to consider the
primary data collection. That is development of survey and set of questionnaires. Te answers
gained from the participants will help the researchers to design the set of policies and procedures
of operational management for the gas pipelines Industries of Australia. For this particular
construction plan the researcher should consider, the chemical nature and quality of the gas that
is going to pass through the pipelines. It will help the project constructors to understand about
the specific type of materials and materials those might be used for the development of the
pipelines of Australia. On the other hand it also helps the researcher to develop proper decision
making approaches regarding the development purposes.

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In order to develop the design for this accurate research topic that is “operation
management in Pipeline construction in Australia” the identified strength and limitation of the
research design are as follows:
It has been defined that all the hidden facts are not accurately revealed those are needed
for the development of operational management of gas pipelines construction in Australia.
However, it took lower amount of cost and time as well for the development.
After considering all of these approaches it has been defined that in order to develop
answers for this particular research question quasi and correlation research design approach is
required to be developed.