Brainstorm a list of eight or nine potential expansion methods or subsections significant to the concept or field of facility management. For example, general expansion methods might include subsections like "History of Facility Management" or "Purpose of Facility Management." More specific expansion methods might include "Facility Management's Role in Occupational Safety" or "Systems Requiring Facility Management Within Office Buildings."
Select between three and five interrelated subsections upon which to focus in your paper.
Research each subsection thoroughly. Locate both primary and secondary sources. Examples of primary sources include facility management reports or interviews with facility management professionals. Secondary sources include things like textbooks and journal articles or reviews.
Outline your paper by assigning each selected subsection its own paragraph of the paper. Each paragraph can be broken down and ordered according to the information you gathered during your research process.
Translate the outlined paragraphs into narrative prose. Add any and all researched information into the prose as evidentiary support for your claims about each subsection.
Compose transitions between each subsection paragraph. For example, if attempting to transition between a paragraph on the history of facility management and the purpose of facility management, you might write, "Facility management's history as an interdisciplinary field is important, as many professionals work together to make facility environments function efficiently."
Draft an introduction to your paper articulating the overall purpose of the paper. If you're writing a general overview of facility management, you may write something like "In this essay I will examine three significant components of the field of facility management." If you're focusing on a more specific application of facility management, you may write something like "In this essay I will describe the roles and responsibilities of facility management professionals as they work to alter the interior workspace of a hospital."
Write a conclusion to your paper that reiterates the main subsections of your paper, as well as the overall purpose you indicated at the end of your introduction.