Outline
Title: Ensuring consistent Leadership Accountability in the SHARP Program
Problem: Commanders’ attitudes toward SHARP directly affect reporting and prevention efforts, yet accountability for leaders who fail to enforce standards remains inconsistent.
Solution: Enforce command climate assessments with measurable SHARP metrics, link leadership evaluations and promotions to SHARP compliance, and establish independent oversight for units with repeated violations.
Individual Assigned – White Paper Outline Comment by Henderson, Jason J CIV USARMY NCOLCOE (USA): This assignment provides you with an azimuth check from the facilitator that is grading your white paper. Follow the instructions provided in Blackboard. This document provides additional guidance in each section. Overwrite the instructions with your applicable information. This assignment is not graded but provides you with valuable feedback/recommendations that helps with the completion of a comprehensive product. Rename Level 1 and 2 headings with what your headings will actually be, as described in the comments below. Use as many Subtopic/Level 2 headings as needed after a minimum of 2.
Title of Paper Comment by Roman, Carlos R SFC MIL USA TRADOC: This will be the same as the title in the cover page
(Do not type your full introduction paragraph for your outline)
Assertion: The assertion is where you make a claim and/or clearly define the side you want to argue. Thesis statement: You must type your thesis statement for your outline. This is the main point and guiding theme of the paper. This appears within the introduction paragraph as you construct your paper. Comment by Roman, Carlos R SFC MIL USA TRADOC: Since each assertion lets you take a stand on your topic, it’s very important that you keep things clear and concise. Do not beat around the bush. State your claim during the introduction, but do not elaborate extensively yet. That is for the latter parts of the essay. There is also no need to use too many adjectives. Just keep everything short and to the point. Ideally, an assertion is only one sentence long, much like a thesis statement. Comment by Roman, Carlos R SFC MIL USA TRADOC: -Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and will be supported with specific evidence throughout the paper. -The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper. -Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.
Body:
History: Type your main idea here Comment by Henderson, Jason J CIV USARMY NCOLCOE (USA): This section develops the historical and background context relevant to the problem’s root cause, as identified in the assertion statement. It provides an in-depth continuation of ideas in the introduction that drew the reader into the paper, while further elaboration of the problem’s history helps frame the problem for the reader, enabling a better understanding. Use this section to aid the reader’s understanding on what you and your sources say led to the problem. Give 2-4 sentences.
Supporting Idea 1: Type the first supporting idea here Comment by Roman, Carlos R SFC MIL USA TRADOC: Here, the author will provide the facts that support their main topic. You may keep this to just one line. Although the example shows 3 supporting ideas, you many use as many needed to convey the point you want to get across.
Supporting Idea 2: Type the second supporting idea here
Supporting Idea 3: Type the third supporting idea here
Problem: Type your next main idea here Comment by Henderson, Jason J CIV USARMY NCOLCOE (USA): Here you provide more details in the form of major and minor points that ultimately give the reader the “so what” to the root cause of the problem identified in the assertion. This section should include your problem statement in more depth. Use this section to flesh out other minor problems that are closely connected to your subtopic or problems that may possibly be mistaken as the root cause. Use this section to aid the reader’s understanding on what scholarly sources are saying about the problem and why it is a problem. Give 2-4 sentences.
Supporting Idea 1: Type the first supporting idea here
Supporting Idea 2: Type the second supporting idea here
Supporting Idea 3: Type the third supporting idea here
Solution: Type your next main idea here. Comment by Henderson, Jason J CIV USARMY NCOLCOE (USA): In this section, you will address a detailed outline as to how to fix the problem. It should include a specific implementation plan and needs to be a new or significantly different approach to solving the problem than is currently being attempted if applicable. Use sources in this section to support your new solution. Give 2-4 sentences.
Supporting Idea 1: Type the first supporting Idea here supporting idea here (etc…)
Continue the above format for any other paragraphs that may be necessary for your paper.
Conclusion: Do not type your conclusion paragraph for your outline. Develop this as you construct your paper. Comment by Roman, Carlos R SFC MIL USA TRADOC: The purpose of the conclusion is to restate your thesis, briefly review the major issues presented in the body, and to offer a final statement of opinion or point toward future research. IT IS NOT A PLACE TO MENTION OR STATE ANYTHING NEW!
References: You may list the references you plan on using here (not required for the outline).
