1Commit to a Decision
Fence-sitting is the commonest weakness in recommendations. The task asks you to decide; a clear choice, well justified, beats a balanced non-answer.
Making the Call
- State your recommended option clearly and early in the recommendation section.必考
- Ground the choice in your preceding analysis, referring back to the criteria and evidence.
- Acknowledge the trade-off you accept, showing the decision is considered, not naive.比較
- Avoid hedging language that leaves the reader unsure what you actually advise.易錯
Coherence
Your recommendation should follow logically from your analysis. If a reader could not predict your choice from the earlier sections, either the analysis or the decision needs work.
2Justify and Implement
A decision without justification is an assertion. Explain why your option is best, and add a brief sense of how it would work in practice to show administrative realism.
From Decision to Action
- Give the main reasons your option outperforms the alternatives.必考
- Explain how you would address the chief objection or risk to your choice.
- Sketch implementation basics — key steps, resources, or timeline — in brief.
- Suggest how to monitor and review so the decision can be adjusted if needed.比較
Practicality
You do not need a full implementation plan — a sentence or two showing you have thought about execution and review is enough to signal practical judgement.
3Close With Authority
The final lines should leave the reader confident in your judgement. A crisp, professional close reinforces the decisiveness the whole paper is testing.
An Effective Ending
- Restate the recommendation succinctly without repeating the whole analysis.必考
- Convey confidence in a measured, professional tone — decisive but not arrogant.
- Do not introduce new arguments in the closing that you have not analysed.易錯
- Ensure the ending answers the original question posed by the case.
Time discipline
Reserve time so the recommendation is not rushed. A paper that analyses well but ends abruptly loses exactly the decisiveness marks it was building toward.
