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Michelle Rogat Memo 6 - Research Design Grid


 * Aims || Questions || Data Collection || Emerging Arguments || Literature ||
 * Find out where in an establishment/business there is resistance to sustainability initiatives, and what does it stem from. || What is your decision making process?

Does it take the environment into consideration?

What would happen at work/ how would coworkers react if you decided to "go green" in some way?

What would your reaction be if a coworker did that? || -Interviews with all different levels of governance at the Troy Country Club - Board Members, Department Heads, Employees, Members, etc.

-read some literature to get background understanding || People are resistant to make the first move to change, don't want to disrupt the already established process and status quo.....?(made up example)

That being sustainable isn't profitable.

How much of a difference could it make on how the club effects the planet anyway?

Environmental sustainability doesn't coincide with the politics of the country club.

(ALL MADE UP EXAMPLES) || -green business articles/studies

-literature on the management structure of a country club

-on change resistance and pathway dependency ||
 * || How did some of the establishments you worked with show some hesitation or resistance to the guidance given to them? || Interviews with the professionals at the Audubon International ||  || -articles published on certified golf courses

-audubon website ||
 * Overcome those sources of resistance by providing information that shows how sustainability is moving towards improvement. || What is the current ecological footprint the club makes and what could it be functionally reduced to? || Quantitative research on the current energy and resource management and compare that to what could be done to show the room for improvement.

Study under the Audubon International and become certified under their program. Then study Troy's Country Club and point out changes that can be made. || Education, training, and communication across the staff is really important. || -measuring ecological impact

-on factors of success and failure in general

-the studies required by the courses given by audubon international ||
 * || Can sustainability be profitable? || Show/explain how becoming more sustainable can be an economic advantage because of the competitive edge it gives, the great advertising appeal, and possible profits gained by reading and other case studies. ||  || -ecological and environmental economics

-truth about green business (book) ||
 * || Another local club, Schuyler Meadows, is already a "green course" certified by the Audubon International. How were they able to achieve this, and why doesn't the Troy Country Club do the same? || Point that out and study and explain to those resistant how they achieved it. ||  || -schuyler meadows articles published about them and the ones by them ||
 * Understand what resources are available to a business within its network to become sustainable. || How could the businesses the club interacts with become resources for them in helping the club to be sustainable? || Interviews with businesses the club already interacts with, such as Morgan Linen.

Interviews with other alternative businesses and services that could help the club other than the ones the club has established business with. || Resources are available, businesses just aren't aware of ti, or have misconceptions about them that prevent the business from utilizing them. || -research on what organizations are available in the region ||
 * || What advice and guidance could regional organizations offer? || Search for and interview environmental organizations and professionals in the region that would be able to offer the club assistance. || A championing person for sustainability has certain characteristics that support the success of a sustainable project. ||  ||
 * Analyze what role the elite has in shaping society's practice of sustainability. || -What is your decision making process, and does it consider the environment? || Interviews with members at the country club. || Transparency in how elites in an organization make decisions that involve the environment would help to promote sustainability. || -studying up

-transparency in business ||
 * || How do you view sustainability and your role in it? ||  ||   ||   ||