You work for a family-owned company that has four Italian restaurants in a mid-sized city. A year ago, they opened a new restaurant in a smaller suburb ten miles away. The restaurant has not prospered, and the owners have asked for your input, furnishing you with information that includes the fact that help is more expensive in this area, there are two other well-established Italian restaurants in the town, the small paper plant that employs many residents has laid off 200 workers, the restaurant has not advertised except in the newspaper, and rent on the building where the restaurant is will go up next month by $300. Prepare an analytical report on this restaurant. In this report, examine what problems have impacted the restaurant and whether these problems can be fixed. Consider the owners' options and offer suggestions as to a future course of action. Should they close? Should they move? Should they advertise more? What are your recommendations?

A formal analytical report for the restaurant (1,000 words)

Scoring rubric: MyLab Assignment 4 Rubric (Bovee 10-3) Level Poor Fair Average Exemplary Points: 25% Points: 50% Points: 75% Points: 100% Category Response indicates a lack Response indicates some Response indicates a clear Response indicates a clear Development of ideas of understanding of the understanding of the understanding of the and thorough understand- Weight: 20% prompt, the question, or prompt and the question prompt and the question ing of the prompt and the the term analytical report. and of the term analytical and of the term analytical question and of the term There may be little to no report, although it may report, although it may analytical report. discussion of the prob- not be thorough. not be thorough. Response will include ele- lems mentioned. There Response will include ele- Response will include ele- ments of the following: a may be a lack of sug- ments of the following: a ments of the following: a clear and thorough discus- gestions on which prob- discussion of the prob- clear discussion of the sion of the problems men- lems might be fixed or so- lems mentioned in the problems mentioned in tioned in the prompt; a lutions that could fix them. prompt; an analysis of the prompt; a clear analy- clear and thorough analy- There may be a weak or which problems might be sis of which problems sis of which problems missing recommendation fixable; suggestions of might be fixable; strategic might be fixable; strategic on the future of the ways to approach these suggestions of ways to ap- suggestions of ways to ap- restaurant. problems; and a recom- proach these problems; proach these problems; mendation on the future and a clear recommenda- and a clear and thoughtful of the restaurant. tion on the future of the recommendation on the restaurant. future of the restaurant. 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Contains reader follow the essay. reader follow the essay. conclusion. an effective introduction Both the introduction and Either the introduction or and conclusion. the conclusion are absent the conclusion or both are or ineffective. ineffective. Response contains a large Response contains a sub- Response contains a sig- Response does not con- Conventions number of errors in gram- stantial number of errors nificant but not excessive tain a significant number Weight: 20% mar, spelling, punctuation, in grammar, spelling, number of errors in gram- of errors in grammar, or word choice. Many er- punctuation, or word mar, spelling, punctuation, spelling, punctuation, or rors interfere with the choice. Many errors inter- or word choice. Most er- word choice. Errors do not reader's understanding. fere with the reader's un- rors do not interfere with interfere with the reader's Response demonstrates derstanding. Response the reader's understand- understanding. Response little to no variety in sen- demonstrates little to no ing. Response demon- demonstrates variety in tence structure. variety in sentence struc- strates some variety in sentence structure. Demonstrates a lack of ture. Demonstrates mini- sentence structure. Demonstrates sophisticat control over basic mal control over basic Demonstrates control over tion and skill with a wide conventions. conventions. basic but not complex variety of conventions. conventions.Response gives no signifi- Response gives some Tone is natural and appro- Tone is appropriately sin- Voice cant sense of the writer. sense of the writer. Tone priate. Response displays cere and engaging. Weight: 20% Tone is uninteresting. is uninteresting. Tone may audience awareness. Response demonstrates Tone may be inconsistent. be inconsistent. Response Conveys writer's personali- clear awareness of the re- Response displays no sig- displays limited audience ty by using interesting de- sponse's audience. nificant audience aware- awareness. Words are scriptions and figurative Response provides a ness. Writing is confusing general. language. strong sense of the writer to the reader. Words are through his/her descrip- general and flat. tive and figurative language. Response provides no sig- Response provides some Response justifies its con- Response persuasively jus- Focus and Coherence nificant justification for its justification for its conclu clusions through some tifies its conclusions Weight: 20% conclusions. Logic, exam- sions. Some combination combination of logic, ex- through logic, examples, ples, and illustrative lan- of logic, examples, and il- amples, and illustrative and illustrative language. guage are absent, incon- lustrative language are language. Examples of Examples of qualities, at- sistent, and/or ineffective. present but are inconsis qualities, attributes, or be- tributes, or behaviors of Examples of qualities, at- tent or somewhat ineffect haviors of managers managers effectively tributes, or behaviors of tive. Examples of qualities, demonstrate some under- demonstrate understand- managers demonstrate no attributes, or behaviors of standing of the skill ing of the skill category. significant understanding managers demonstrate category. of the skill category. only a minimal under- standing of the skill category