Here are some guidelines to consider when you respond to the case study:

• Carefully identify the problems involved in the case.  You may need to do some research on the nature of the problem in order to understand it.  Don’t simply repeat the facts of the case but use them as a basis for inquiry and as a focus to assess the problems involved.
• Consider the multiple dimensions of the case.  What issues are involved (such as policy, personnel, ethics, finance and budgeting, organizational concepts)?  You will need to identify the problems pertaining to each of them using a problem-solving approach.
• Project an array of reasonable alternatives in relationship to each problem and provide a cost-benefit analysis to determine the best options involved.
• Based on your analyses, develop a set of recommendations for aspects of the problem and give your rationale for each one.
• If the case requires an implementation strategy, then you must develop a specific one.  How would you go about enacting your recommendations? What needs to be done?  Who needs to do it?  When should various phases be accomplished?  What type of evaluation measures should be put in place in order to assess progress?
• Create a professional report that shows writing proficiency in both content and technical aspects of the report. Assume you are presenting this to your supervisor or agency board and that your professional reputation depends on it!
• Include a bibliography that reflects your sources.  You can draw on literature covered in your courses as well as data researched specifically for the problem.  Don’t include generalized theories that lead to hyperbole.