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What you want in this particular case is to essentially outline a contingency model of an existing case study which examines a problem within an organization. Just like a normal outline, you start with an introduction of your topic, an overview of what you will be talking about, your thesis statement, supporting facts/statements/ideas from the case study and research about how this particular problem was solved in other organizations and institutions, and then you get to the recommendations section, and a conclusion.

Your outline should then look something like this:

I. Introduction

   A. Introduce topic
   B. Overview of discussion
   C. Thesis statement

II. Body of Paper

   A. Point one (more information about issue)
      i. Supporting facts/ideas
      ii. Supporting facts/ideas
      iii. Lead in to point two

   B. Point two (what the case study has to say about problem)
      i. Supporting facts/ideas
      ii. Supporting facts/ideas
      iii. Lead in to point three

   C. Point three (what other institutions/organizations have done to solve this problem)
       i. Supporting facts/ideas
      ii. Supporting facts/ideas
      iii. Lead in to recommendations

   D. Recommendations (based on your research, an examination of the problem, and what other institutions have done to solve similar issues - what plan of action would you recommend to this organization)
      i. What you recommend
      ii. Supporting facts/ideas
      iii. Supporting facts/ideas

III. Conclusion

   A. Re-state your thesis.
   B. Summarize what you discussed in your paper

A paper like this requires critical thinking skills. Every situation is going to be a little bit different, and the recommendations portion is essentially asking what you have learned about the problem and different ways to solve it.

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