The phrase "a specific course of action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a particular plan or strategy that is intended to achieve a specific goal or outcome.
Example: "In order to improve our sales figures, we need to outline a specific course of action that includes targeted marketing and customer engagement strategies."
Alternatives: "a defined plan of action" or "a particular strategy."
Better still, it might anticipate problems and suggest a specific course of action.
But by Sunday morning, Asian defense officials had not endorsed a specific course of action.
They're especially good at persuading others to take a specific course of action.
The contingency plans, he said, provide the new president a variety of possible responses to certain situations rather than a specific course of action.
Nor was he announcing a specific course of action, as President George H. W. Bush did when outlining the 1991 attack on Iraq.
A presidential commission seemed an ideal option: It allowed him to demonstrate leadership without committing his administration to a specific course of action.
"Watching the State of the Union with a constituent struggling to get by without unemployment benefits would demonstrate that while we may disagree on the specific course of action to take, we are all concerned about the problem and committed to coming to a solution," Pocan and Lowenthal wrote in a Tuesday letter to both their Republican and Democratic colleagues.
Sanders alluded to this point repeatedly during the Daily News interview, explaining what he wanted to do and describing how, when it actually comes time to do it, he'd need to gather more information and consult experts on the specific course of action to take.
Ofcom noted that Murdoch gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry earlier this year that he immediately moved to get his house in order with three specific courses of action: an internal investigation; action against any employees involved in wrongdoing; and seeking fresh legal advice to get to the bottom of what was really going on.
The idea of outlining specific courses of action was anathema to a society that associated "propaganda" with wartime central direction, and with earlier Nazi propaganda.
You will also find intelligence chiefs not only passing on information and assessments, but also advocating specific courses of action.
