Operations Management and Health/Safety in Australian Gas Pipelines

This report delves into the intricacies of operations management within the Australian gas pipeline construction sector, focusing on the implications of economic globalization. It addresses a key research question: What assurances does operational management provide in the gas and pipeline industry to ensure proper health and safety policies? The research employs a structured approach, starting with a mind map to organize the research process, followed by an exploration of different research designs. The report utilizes both explanatory and exploratory research designs, with a descriptive approach to analyze secondary sources. A literature planner outlines the research timeline, detailing activities week by week. The report examines various aspects including strategies for operation management, incident assessments, health and safety policies, legislative instances, risk assessment techniques, and the reduction of harmful characteristics. It emphasizes the importance of health and safety, material selection, and environmental considerations, concluding that effective interventions in health and safety policies are critical for the success of operations management in the Australian gas and pipeline industries.

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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Research Question.......................................................................................................................................3
Mind Map....................................................................................................................................................3
Literature Planer..........................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
In this particular research, the overall attention has been provided in understanding the aspects of
operations managed within the gas pipeline construction within the country of Australia. Due to
the aspects generated through economic globalization, it is highly important to understand the
research questions framed in order to pertain the feasibilities through which the different
understandings are enabled. With the approach of this particular analysis, the research has been
facilitated to understand the overall operations management occurred within the gas and pipeline
sector of the respective country Australia. Therefore, the overall procedure has settled the factors
in identifying the approach so as to measure the interventions regarding the research design.
Research Question
In order to pertain the research, the researcher has to cumulate the perspectives in underpinning
the activities such as different perspectives regarding the overall factors so as to ensure proper
consequences in identifying the operations within the gas and pipeline industry of Australia. In
the world of economy advancements of industries have been thoroughly entailed (Ríos-Mercado
& Borraz-Sánchez, 2015). Thus propounding upon the situation, the research question have been
enacted that has assisted in pertaining the research is What are the assurance provided from
operating management within the gas and pipeline industry ensuring proper health and safety
policy. Thus considering this particular research question, the overall review generated from the
eminent scholars has been significantly entailed.
Mind Map
The aspects of the mind map have been permissibly embedded about how the research has been
undertaken. In order to cumulate the overall research, understanding the research topic has to be
done.

Figure 1 – Mind Map
This can be easily justified by the facts that the overall design will assist the researcher in
underpinning the instances through which the research will be followed. To assess the findings
and proper analysis it is quite important to underpin the research design. Different types of
research design have been underpinned in order to undertake the research. It is quite apparent
that two types of research design have pertained. The explanatory research design has embedded
the overall aspects of explaining the data gathered from the overall survey made. On the other
hand, exploratory research design has facilitated the exploration in empowering the activities
sustained within different consequences through which overall ideas are reflected in the research
procedures. It has been underpinned about the information gathered that the explanatory research
design can also be affirmed through the descriptive and casual approach which has facilitated the
research process effectively. In order to understand the secondary sources gathered from the past
researches, the descriptive research design has been selected in order to measure the
appropriateness of the research. This will highly facilitate the instances in identifying all the
approaches so that the overall research can be easily justified. Literature Planer
Weeks Planning Activities
Week 1 In the week 1, the demonstration of the gas and pipeline sector of Australia has
been significantly managed and the members by attaining active strategies have
ensured proper operation management so that the industry will be benefitted
acquiring higher revenues. It has been understood that the business activities has
highly determined the factors through ensuring proper attainment of strategies so
as to measure continuous improvement within health as well as safety outcomes.
In order to pertain these situations, different functionalities are varied in
accordance with the adopted strategies.
Week 2 The overall assessment has been affirmed within week 2 with the propagation
through which the incidents occurred within the firm has deliberately judged the
incidents in following the measurements assured through determining the effects
(De Silva, et al., 2016). The overall commitment has significantly managed
through intervening the activities so as to cumulate the observation identifying the

actual derivatives considering the approaches regulating all the perspectives of the
business. Therefore, it is quite important in maintaining the standpoint so as to
ensure the perspectives through which the health, as well as safety policies, are
adopted encircling the operation management.
Week 3 The week 3 has empowered the reflection of the ideas provided according to Ríos-
Mercado & Borraz-Sánchez, (2015), the primary considerations have been
significantly uttered with the effects of different commitment ensuring the
involvement within the industries. Therefore, it is highly justified with the facts of
measuring the culture and the excellence within the health as well as safety
performance accumulated through the responsibilities and also the
accountabilities. According to Trigger et al, (2014), the allocation regarding the
necessary resources has been achieved in order to understand the facilitation
enabled upon the significant decision regarding the formulation of underpinning
circumstances. According to Zhang, et al., (2015), the maintenance of the effective
as well as the proactive environment within the management of gas and pipeline
industry has also sufficed the factors enabling the judgment developing the
disseminate the applicable construction proportion in order to generate different
safety as well as guidelines for the industry.
Week 4 In order to underpin the factors, it is always sustained that addressing the health as
well as safety procedures will highly implement the opportunities in ensuring the
overall process that has let them managing the differentiation so as to procreate all
the assertive situation in managing the operations. Different legislative instances
have always facilitated the ideas in operating all the situation consolidating actual
persistent behaviors so as to ensure the consecutive viabilities helpful for the
research. As opined by Cui & Wu, (2015), it has been understood that the overall
evaluation has been sustained by pertaining risk assessment techniques so as to
control the characteristics regulating factors. The formalities have instigated the
influence of the potential hazards that can be elucidated with the overall
consequences regulating the operation management with the gas and the pipeline
industries. The significant decision has engulfed that the incorporation regarding
the assessment has been controlled in accordance to the arguments that have

generated the contributions in allocating all the determination ensuring the factors
(Bahr, 2014). In accordance with the determination, it has been ascertained that the
overall procedures have been managed to improvise the management
consequences in order to underpin all the efficacies that have been operated
through the interventions in mitigating the harmful activities.
Week 5 As per the identification of Maslen, (2014), the reduction mechanism of all the
harmful characteristics will have to be reduced through the actions that can easily
permissible in operation made by the respective workforce for the industry.
According to Bahr, (2014), it is also important to accumulate all the industrial
functions in operating different self-mitigation process assumed by determining
the leakage system within the firm. It is quite obvious that the circumstances have
to be managed effectively in order to underpin the knowledge that will help in
coordinating the better environmental aspects surrounding the industry. It has been
ascertained that the adjustments regarding the overall factors that has attained the
safety within the gas and pipeline industry of Australia (Hayes & Maslen, 2015).
In order to underpin the overall consequences, it is quite important to measure
important hazards regulating with the daily usage of the respective inhabitants
within the localities. Thus according to Hayes & Maslen, (2015), different
commitment level among the managers, it has to keep in mind that the
contamination of the water will effectively cease each and every health
consequences of the environment where the gas and pipeline industry has been
operated. It is quite important to adhere different selection of materials that should
not affect the corrosion control in order to protect the entire respective cathode
required for absorbing the gases within the pipeline system.
Conclusion
Thus it can be ascertained that the interventions selecting the health and safety policies will
definitely be ensured the perception enabling all the determination in assessing the effects of
operation management within the gas and pipeline industries of Australia. Therefore, the
research has also facilitated the instances through identifying the factors through which different

assumptions have been significantly measured through overall operations managed within the
influences within the health as well as safety policies within the firm.
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