Research Proposal 4 - Sample Thesis Statement and Proposal Summary

THE THESIS STATEMENT & PROJECT SUMMARY

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THE TITLE SLIDEPART 1

INSECT-REPELLANT CURTAINS FROM DISCARDED CIGARETTE FILTERS

PROJECT PROPOSAL

Joshua Abdulaziz Hamid (Korea)Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (2015)Albukhary International UniversityAlor Setar, Malaysia15 November 2013

THE 3-PART THESIS STATEMENTPART 2

THESIS STATEMENTNEXT

Paying street children to gather and process cigarette butts into door and window curtains for sale to an international market can be more effective than existing strategies.

Paying street children to gather and process cigarette butts into door and window curtains for sale to an international market can (a) minimize the negative effects of pesticides and insecticides more effectively than existing strategies.

Paying street children to gather and process cigarette butts into door and window curtains for sale to an international market can (a) minimize the negative effects of pesticides and insecticides, (b) offer long-term empowerment street children more effectively than existing strategies.

Paying street children to gather and process cigarette butts into door and window curtains for sale to an international market can (a) minimize the negative effects of pesticides and insecticides, (b) offer long-term empowerment street children, and (c) minimize environmental damage more effectively than existing strategies.

PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES & BENEFITS

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TARGET BENEFICIARIES, NEEDS, AND BENEFITS

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1. STREET CHILDREN

Image of street children courtesy of www.wikis.lib.ncsu.edu

Beneficiaries: Street children in selected capital cities of 10 countries where AiU scholars originate.

CITATION HERE

Need: Street children do not have regular income or employment opportunities.

CITATION HERE

Benefit: A safe and legal activity for them to earn some cash

CITATION HERE

Benefit: Less time for criminal or deviant activities

CITATION HERE

ADD AFTER THIS: A THEORY RELATED TO THIS IDEA

Benefit: A sense of self-worth or empowerment

CITATION HERE


Benefit: Society’s approval of a worthy activity

CITATION HERE


SECONDARY BENEFICIARIES & BENEFITS

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2. THE ENVIRONMENT

Image of cigarette butts courtesy of www.sustainableguernsey.info.

Beneficiaries: Flora, fauna, soil, and water in the 10 target areas

CITATION HERE

Need: Remove discarded cigarette filters from major cities in 10 heavy-smoker countries.

CITATION HERE

Benefit: Healthier flora and fauna for human use

CITATION HERE

Benefit: Cleaner environments

CITATION HERE


3. PESTICIDE and INSECTICIDE USERS

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Beneficiaries: Users of insecticides and pesticides in buildings and homes of product buyers

CITATION HERE

Need: Stop the use of commercial pesticides and insecticides in homes and buildings

CITATION HERE

Benefit: Lessen the negative effects of chemicals in insecticides and pesticides

CITATION HERE

Benefit: Lessen the environmental costs of production, promotion, sales, purchase, and use of insecticides and pesticides

CITATION HERE

URGENCY OF THE PROBLEM (1)NEXT

URGENCY OF THE PROBLEMNEXT

1. EFFECTS OF EXTREME POVERTY

Image of street children courtesy of www.wikis.lib.ncsu.edu

Problem Urgency 3.1

The exact number of street children ... “almost certainly runs into tens of millions across the world”.

UNICEF (2002), State of the World’s Children 2003, p.37, quoted in Street Children Statistics. Retrieved from www.streetchildren.org.uk/_uploads/resources/Street_Children_Stats_FINAL.pdf

Rank Areas Street Children

1st India 11,000,0002nd Africa 10,450,0003rd Cambodia 616,0234th Bangladesh 400,0005th Peru 250,0006th Indonesia 170,0007th China 150,0008th Viet Nam 23,000

Estimated Total 23,059,023

Street Children in Some Areas Represented in AIU

Estimates from http://www.streetchildren.org.uk/_uploads/resources/Street_Children_Stats_FINAL.pdf

Current statistics for other countries are not available as of this writing.

Urgency of the Problem: Every day, street children can be drawn into a life of crime, drug abuse, or prostitution.

CITATION HERE


2. DETERIORATING NATURAL RESOURCES

Image of cigarette butts courtesy of www.sustainableguernsey.info.

Problem Urgency 1.1

Cigarette butts seem to be one of “the most commonly littered items ... around the world.”

Martin, T. (2012, October 04). Cigarette Litter and how it Affects Us: Cigarette Litter Facts. Retrieved from quitsmoking.about.com.


Problem Urgency 1.1

Around the world, per minute, about “10 million cigarettes are purchased.”



Rank Country Language

1 Russian Russian*2 Korea Korean3 Kuwait Arabic4 China Chinese5 Turkey Turkish6 Indonesia Indonesian7 Tajikistan Tajik 8 Viet Nam Vietnamese 9 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz

10 Philippines Tagalog 11 Thailand Thai 12 Mongolia Mongolian 13 Malaysia Malay 14 Pakistan Pakistani

Rank Country Language

15 Cambodia Cambodian 16 Uzbekistan Uzbek 17 Laos Laotian 18 Nepal Nepali 19 Yemen Arabic20 Sri Lanka Sinhala21 Myanmar Burmese 22 Bangladesh Bangladeshi 24 Bhutan Nepali25 India Hindi26 Rwanda English27 Somalia Somali 28 Afghanistan Pashto, Dari

Languages of Top Smoking Countries Represented in AIU

Adapted from www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/mar/23/tobacco-industry-atlas-smoking

*Top Ten

Problem Urgency 1.1

In China alone, 300 million smokers consume about 3 million cigarettes a minute or 1.7 trillion cigarettes a year.



Problem Urgency 1.1

“Nicotine, tar, toxins, and chemicals contaminate the ground, waterways, and damage organisms.”


Problem Urgency 1.1

Cellulose acetate in cigarette filters can take up to 10 years to decompose.


Every day, chemicals from discarded cigarette filters leach into soil and waterways to affect plants and animals that humans consume.

CITATION HERE

3. EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES & INSECTICIDES

Image of insecticide courtesy of www.care2.com.

Problem Urgency 2.1

Insecticides can cause asthma,1 birth defects,2 reduced IQ, learning disability,3 and cancer.4

1 Senthilselvan et al, 1992.2 Sherman, JD. 1996 Chlorpyrifos (Dursban)-associated birth defects: report of four cases. Arch. Env .Health 51(1): 5-8)3 Guillette, Environmental He. Perspectives, June 1998. 4 A. Swenson and S. Bushhouse, "Childhood Cancer Incidence and Trends in Minnesota, 1988-1994". Minnesota Medicine, vol. 81, December 1998.

Problem Urgency 2.2

Insecticides can eliminate natural pest control and develop resistance among target pests. Other pests multiply when natural enemies are killed.

Williamson, S. (2003, September) The Real Cost of Pesticides in Economic costs of pesticide reliance. Retrieved from http://www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/Issue/pn61/pn61p3.htm

Problem Urgency 2.3

Insecticides are expensive: In 2000-2001, sales of insecticides and pesticides worldwide was about USD 32,769 million.

Kiely, T., Donaldson, D., Grube, A. (2012). Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage: 2000 and 2001 Market Estimates. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved from www.epa.gov/pesticides/pestsales/01pestsales/market_estimates2001.pdf

Urgency: Commercial pesticides and insecticides are expensive, dangerous to the environment, and negatively affect human health.

CITATION HERE

PLAN OF ACTIONNEXT

ACTION PLAN: OUTPUT & TIMELINENEXT

PROPOSED TIMELINEIn the project proposal phase:• Week 1: One project proposal• Week 1: One instruction poster• Week 1: One promotion poster• Week 2: One promotion slideshow • Week 3: One project proposal• Week 4: Presentation & correction

TWO-WEEK ACTION PLAN 1/4

Action: Create one promotion poster (English + translations)

Purpose: To motivate people to collect discarded cigarette filters



Action: Create one instruction poster (English + translations)

Purpose: To teach visually (no text) how to make curtains from discarded cigarette filters



Action: Create one promotion slideshow (English + translations)

Purpose: To show the effects of discarded cigarette filters on the environment



Action: Create one project proposal (English)

Purpose: To convince a company to finance a project: –to collect discarded cigarette filters–to make insect-repelling curtains –to sell the product


PROPOSED PROCEDURENEXT

ERROR: This section is for producing the product, which is incorrect. It seems to be a slideshow for client use. CORRECTION: This section should be a procedure for implementing the project, as detailed in the proposed timeline. TIP: Use the proposed timeline as a guide to structure this section.

METHODOLOGYNEXT

Procedure1. Collect cigarette filters2. Use a needle and thread3. String the cigarette filters together, 4. Hang several strands from a strip

of cardboard. 5. Hang the curtain from a window or

a door

Collect cigarette filters.Use gloves.

Image of cigarette butt collection courtesy of www.longwood.edu

Dry the cigarette filters.

Image of cigarette butt courtesy of www.mdpi.com

Sort and clean the cigarette filters.

Image of cigarette butts courtesy of www.williamsburg.weddingvideolosangeles.us

Procedure1. Collect cigarette filters2. Use a needle and thread to string

the cigarette filters together. 3. Hang several strands from a strip

of cardboard. 4. Hang the curtain from a window or

a door

Curtain with multi-coloreddesign

Image of curtain courtesy of www.cutoutandkeep.net

Procedure1. Collect cigarette filters2. Use a needle and thread to string

the cigarette filters together. 3. Hang several strands from a strip of

cardboard. 4. Color, and hang the insect-repelling

curtain from a window or a door.

Curtain with painted design

Image of curtain courtesy of www.hawaiiandays.com

Image of curtain courtesy of www.etsy.com

23 SOURCED IDEASPART 3

TIP: This and the next section can be in paragraph form in the research proposal. In what section?

RELATED LITERATURENEXT

Sourced Ideas (1)1. Countries where AiU scholars originate2. Number of street children in countries where

AiU scholars originate3. Effects of cigarette butts on the environment,

flora and fauna4. Costs and effects of pesticides and

insecticides5. Amount of discarded cigarette butts in the

countries of AiU scholars6. Effects on flying insects of chemicals in

cigarette butts

Sourced Ideas (2)7. Production of bead curtains8. Possible financing sources in countries

where AiU scholars originate9. Possible cultural challenges in countries

where AiU scholars originate10. Possible import obstacles or restrictions in

target buyers’ countries11. Possible negative effects of proposed

products12. Possible negative effects of proposed

processes

Sourced Ideas (3)13. Existing strategies for controlling

environmental damage from cigarette butts14. Existing strategies for empowering street

children 15. Existing strategies for minimizing negative

effects of insecticides and pesticides.16. Environmentally-friendly business models 17. Best international promotion strategies18. Best international sales strategies

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKSNEXT

Theoretical Frameworks1. Human needs theories – for motivation and

promotion2. Conflict and decision theories – for

challenges and responses to challenges3. Innovation diffusion & adoption theories –

for project and product promotion4. Learning theories – for process training and

product promotion5. Cultural dimensions theories – for project

planning, implementation, sales & promotion

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References The list of references on this

slide should follow the APA format.

Each reference should include a live online link.

There is no limit to the number of references on one slide, as long as each entry is readable.

References The list of reference should be copy-pasted into an MS Word document titled References.

References The list of reference should be accompanied by another MS Word document titled Research Notes.

17 ORIGINAL IDEASPART 4

Except where indicated, this section should be under “Discussion” or “Analysis”

1. Internet sources indicate that cigarette butts can be used to make clothes, add strength to metals, deter parasites, or manufacture bricks.

CITATIONS HERE

2. Unlike on the internet, this proposal can directly help street children in selected cities to earn money as well as clean up the environment.


3. Unlike the ideas on the internet, this proposal offers a system that can be viable in technologically-or resource-poor communities.


4. Most of all, due to its low cost and low technology, this proposal can be easily implemented and replicated in other areas that are not included in this project proposal.

CITATIONS HERE

5. This proposal includes the production of posters in the language of the street children in 10 selected countries: Russian, Korean, Arabic, Chinese, Turkish, Indonesian, Tajik, Vietnamese, Kyrgyz, and Tagalog


The three types of posters can be:6. Attention posters7. Information posters8. Instruction posters

Error: The next three slides would be best under “Methodologies”

6. Attention posters to show that cigarette butts can be exchanged for cash, office location, and office hours.

ADD AFTER THIS: THE SUPPORTING THEORIES FOR THESE IDEAS

7. Information posters to show the cash value of each type of cigarette butt


8. Instruction posters to show how to process the butts before cash exchange


Three posters can be proposed9. Attention posters for product

creation10. Information posters for product

creation11. Instruction posters for product

creation

9. Attention posters to show that cigarette butts can be created into curtains for cash, office location, and office hours.


10. Information posters to show the benefits of cigarette butts


11. Instruction posters to show how to process and create cigarette butts curtains


Three posters can be proposed12. Attention posters to convince

buyers13. Information posters to help

buyers14. Instruction posters to help

buyers

12. Attention posters to show that cigarette butts curtains are attractive, can be ordered online, and has many benefits.


13. Information posters to show prices, designs, and benefits of the curtains; how buying them helps street children; where they can be ordered


14. Instruction posters to show how to use, maintain, store, and dispose the curtains


Since most target users are from poor environments, slideshows will not be designed for this proposal.

However, slideshows for the target export markets can be proposed:

15. Attention slideshows to attract buyers

16. Information slideshows to help buyers

17. Instruction slideshows to convince buyers

15. Attention slideshows to show that cigarette butts curtains are attractive, has many benefits, and can be easily ordered at low prices.


16. Information slideshows to show prices, designs, and benefits of the curtains; how buying them helps street children; the website address and payment options


17. Instruction slideshows to show how to use, maintain, store, and dispose the curtains


9 POSSIBLE CHALLENGESNEXT

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION NEXT

Projected Challenge 1

The product may not be easy to use, not effective against insects, or not culturally acceptable in target buyer countries.



The production process may not be effective for street children in the target areas.



There may be opposition from cigarette and tobacco industries, anti-child labor groups, social or government agencies, religious or cultural organizations.



The translated posters may not be effective for street children in the target areas.



Project implementation may be hampered by the inability to raise funding for the project.



The product may not meet international export-import standards.


The workers may be vulnerable to dangers in the production process.


The project may not be acceptable in the target areas or to the target beneficiaries.



The product may not profit on the international market enough to sustain the project.

9 PROPOSED SOLUTIONSNEXT

Proposed Solution 1

A product prototype can be pilot-tested for use, insecticidal effectiveness, and cultural acceptability in target buyer countries.


Proposed Solution 2

A production process can be pilot-tested for effectiveness among street children in the target areas.


Proposed Solution 3

At the planning stage, input can be gathered from cigarette and tobacco industries, anti-child labor groups, social or government agencies, religious or cultural organizations in the target areas.


Proposed Solution 4

The proposed translations of the posters can be pilot-tested among street children in the target areas for textual and visual clarity and effect.


Proposed Solution 5

A visual poster can be created to teach how to raise capital for this project.


Proposed Solution 6

A visual poster can be created to teach how to ensure quality control for international market standards.


Proposed Solution 7

A visual poster can be created to teach how to protect worker health during product processing.


Proposed Solution 8

A survey of AiU scholars who originate from the target beneficiary areas can be conducted to determine project acceptability, identify barriers, and gather suggestions for improvement.


Proposed Solution 9

A focus on local markets instead of international markets can be considered as an option in the project plans.


PROPOSAL SUMMARYNEXT

SUMMARYNEXT

This is a proposal to pay street children in major cities in 10 selected countries to gather and process cigarette butts into door and window curtains for sale to an international market.

The Proposal: Potential Benefits

1. Minimize environmental damage from cigarette butts.

2. Avoid health effects of using pesticides and insecticides.

3. Create income for street children in AiU countries.

This project can (a) empower street children, (c) minimize environmental damage, and (c) minimize the negative effects of pesticides and insecticides in homes and buildings.

This proposal proposes 17 new ideas, uses 23 sources of information, and seven (7) theoretical frameworks.

There may be challenges in project implementation due to cultural differences, as well as in product sales due to export restrictions.

Theoretically sound proposals to meet these challenges are included in this proposal.

A preliminary online survey indicates that this proposal may be the first of its kind.

RECOMMENDATIONSNEXT

WHEREAS this proposal can benefit street children in heavy-smoker countries around the world who can be directly contacted by AiU scholars;

WHEREAS this proposal can benefit households, buildings, the environment, flora, and fauna;

WHEREAS this proposal can be easily replicated and implement in other heavy-smoker cities due to its low technology and low capital;

WHEREAS this proposal can be acceptable to potential investors due to its potential social and economic effects;

IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED that this proposal be submitted approval, for subsequent pilot-testing, and for subsequent implementation.

INSECT-REPELLANT CURTAINS FROM DISCARDED CIGARETTE FILTERS

PROJECT PROPOSAL

By Joshua Abdulaziz Hamid (Korea)Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (2015)Albukhary International University, Alor Setar, Malaysia

THANK YOUEND OF PRESENTATION

Prepared by Jaime Alfredo Cabrera 30 Oct 2013 Albukhary International [email protected]

Assessment of Draft Problem StatementCRITERIA ASSESSMENT

01 Clear identification of the target beneficiaries PASS FAIL

02 Description of their need, with theoretical support PASS FAIL

03 Documented proof of the urgency of the need PASS FAIL

04 Original input, with theoretical support PASS FAIL

05 Timeline of action proposed action; action with theoretical support PASS FAIL

06 Possible challenges to implementation with theoretical support PASS FAIL

07 Proposed solution to challenges, with theoretical support PASS FAIL

08 Summary of the proposal PASS FAIL

09 Title of the Proposal PASS FAIL

10 All sourced materials are correctly integrated, cited, & referenced PASS FAIL

Requirement for approval: no fail grade.

This is how you can get an A* in your final work

Assessment of Final Thesis StatementCRITERIA POINTS SCORE

01 Clear identification of the target beneficiaries 10 1002 Description of their need, with theoretical support 10 503 Documented proof of the urgency of the need 10 1004 Original input, with theoretical support 10 505 Timeline of action proposed action; action with theoretical support 10 506 Possible challenges to implementation with theoretical support 10 507 Proposed solution to challenges, with theoretical support 10 508 Summary of the proposal 10 1009 Title of the Proposal 10 1010 All sourced materials are correctly integrated, cited, & referenced 10 5

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Assessment of Final Thesis Statement

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