Marketing Mix Strategy Of The Kenya Tourist Board

Marketing Mix Strategy Of The Kenya tourer c alling cardThe Kenya Tourist Board ordain develop a good marketing motley system to attract target customers from Asian magic spellism market. The marketing mix depart encompass 4Ps analysis that includes tailored tour packages, pricing strategies, well-designed service channel and promotion programs.Kenya is positioned as a unique and attractive holiday refinement that people would like to visit. Kenya tourist Board allow for co-ordinate with travel agencies, topical anaesthetic organizations, air imagee companies, and service operators to ensure tourists have an excellent and unforgettable experience when they are visiting Kenya. The Kenya Tourist Board impart plan its tour such(prenominal) that tourists obtain satisfactions from all touch points of services. Tourists feedback will be very important for the board to review and adjust its strategies.Kenya is well established as a trail safari destination with unique wildlife attractions in the western market. The Kenya Tourist Board will continue to fork out and improve safari tour as its center product to Asian tourism market. Major safari attractions such as the Great Migration, the Big Five and Maasai Mara Reserve namely the new 7th Wonders of the World will be focused on and promoted to Asian tourists. The Kenya Tourist Board will also plan and design special safari tours targeting at high-income earners who are willing to pay special prices to luxury activities such as balloon safari and game viewing.In recent years, Asian countries are turn more interested in business opportunities in Africa. As the commercial center for East Africa with good facilities and hotels, Kenya is well positioned to attract MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions). The Kenya Tourist Board will work with business organizations and companies to attract and promote conference and business events to Asian countries.The Kenya Tourist Board will plan beach and resort tour packages targeting in the first place to business and family holiday tourists who tend to travel in large group size. The tourists will relax and experience the paradise of Kenya beach and shores. The tourists may choose to deposit back and enjoy themselves or go out and explore Kenyas unique coastal culture.British Prince William and Kate Middleton were engaged in Kenya in November 19, 2010. This is a good commute for the Kenya Tourist Board to promote and boost Kenya tourism. The engagement has worldwide promotional material that will enhance Kenyas profile as a romantic holiday destination. The publicity will continue into year 2011 when the wedding will be held. The Kenya Tourist Board will promote Kenya as a romantic holiday destination to Asian tourism market along with this romance.The Kenya Tourist Board will design pricing strategy carefully because of high-competition in tourism industry from umpteen countries and places. The board will communicate wi th agencies to make sure that Kenya tour package price is affordable to Asian middle-class tourists. The board will ensure that tour agencies could operate with profit, and at the same time they will not over-charge customers. Since Asian tourism market is new market for Kenya tourism, the Kenya Tourist Board will make with good promotion price to attract more tourists from Asia.Since Kenya is remote country to Asia, information availability to Asian tourists is vital for promoting Kenya tourism in Asia. The Kenya Tourist Board will rigid up operation offices in major Asian cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Tokyo etc. The board will meet with Asian local travel agencies to promote Kenya tourism to potential customers. The Kenya Tourist Boards headquarter in Nairobi will serve as main office and coordinate the operations of offices in Asian cities.The Magical Kenya is the official Kenya travel and tourism nett site owned by the Kenya Tourist Board. The web pages de scribe attractions and provide travel guide to tourists in English and other languages including Japanese. The Kenya Tourist Board will translate the web pages into Chinese and Korean so that the board will reach Asian customers more effectively since China and Korean are the leading Internet users in the world.Promotion strategies will be discussed in exposit in marketing communication strategy section.Marketing Communication StrategyThe Kenya Tourist Board will develop and implement marketing communication strategy for Asian tourism market. The marketing communication strategy is to focus on brand development, Internet marketing, partnership, advertisement and promotion.Brand DevelopmentIn todays competitive and crowed tourism market, it is essential for Kenya to create a severe brand identity to differentiate itself from competitors. The brand sign should bring not only physical experience only if also emotional feelings in customers mind. Kenya is potentially one of the stro ngest brands in Africa for its unique African wild life and diverse landscape. However, currently Kenya is not a strong and well-known holiday brand in Asian tourism market. The Kenya Tourist Board will ensure to establish a consistent brand image of Kenya to Asian tourists through different communication channels.Internet MarketingInternet is cost-effective and easy way to reach mass customers. Many tourists especially high-educated and high-income ones bet information on the Internet when planning holiday trips. The Kenya Tourist Board will make sure of Internet medias and tools effectively to promote Kenya tourism. The board will translate Magical Kenya web site into Asian languages and keep on improving the web site. The Kenya Tourist Board will sponsor Internet users to set up forums, blogs, twitters and facebooks of Kenya tourisms. Emails and newsletters with Kenya tourism news and information will be sent daily to registered users. The Kenya Tourist Board will encourage tour ists to tell their stories of Kenya by enceinte free gifts or prizes. The Kenya Tourist board will also collect tourists feedback from Internet to improve its services and products.PartnershipThe marketing communication strategy and plan will not be successful without considering local culture. To conquer communication barrier, the Kenya Tourist Board will establish partnership with local agencies, companies and government organizations. The Kenya Tourist Board will collaborate with Asian government organizations to organize road shows or events like Kenya Week to promote Kenya tourism industry. The Kenya Tourist Board will help local agencies to train local staff to service customers more effectively.Advertisement and PromotionsThe Kenya Tourist Board will advertise and promote Kenya tourism from all touch points. The Kenya tourism magazines and brochures will be placed in Kenya Airways planes, major Asian airports and travel agencies. The Kenya tourism will be advertised on newsp aper, magazine, Google web and TV program. The promotion prices will be offered to customers on Asian holidays such as National day, Chinese New Year etc.

Harmful Traditions in Nigerian Society

Harmful Traditions in Nigerian SocietyUKWAMEDUA LAWRETTA IFUNANYAWHAT IS META COGNITION IN social STUDIES? USING 3 EXAMPLES EXPLAIN THE SOCIAL STUDIES PROBLEM SOLVING PROPCESSESMeta cognition is the higher order thought which involve active control over thinking processes involved in learning. It refers to the process by which peoples knowledge controls their thinking and learning activities (It involves thinking slightly thinking). It lowlife also be defined as thinking ab bulge out ones thinking i.e. it involves the process of stepping back to see what you ar doing, as if you were someone else observing it. Meta cognitive activities helps people especially students to reflect on what they know, care about and are able to develop an awareness of themselves, and it gives them opportunity to reflect on their learning because it is much difficult for them to realize what they are doing. Meta cognition is also the ability to manage ones own thinking processes.Problem solving refe rs to the process by which difficult issues are tackled and solved whereby doing this the causes, solution and prevention to the problems are known.Inn problem solving, we need to use THE RARE CONCEPT as a watch for us to know what we are doing. For instance, the present fuel scarcity the government need to think of what they can RAISE up in order for the productiveness of petrol to be constant the need to think about what they can ADD in order for the refineries to be in good conditions and work in effect which can reconcile life easier they also need to think of what they can REDUCE i.e. those things that are not relevant to the production of fuel, they need to think of those factors that leads to age wasting and finally they need to think of what to ELIMINATE in terms of bad habits, the bad habit of hoarding fuel for personal use or the habit of using the resources meant for the production of fuel. If all these factors are put in place, the problem of fuel scarcity bequeath b e averted.LIST AND EXPLAIN WITH EXAMPLES 5 NEGATIVE doings AND 5 HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRATICES THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED IN THE PRESENT DAY NIGERIAN SOCIETY5 NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR ARECULTISM Cultism has to do with belonging to a secret cult and practicing cult activities which involves performing rituals, killing, fighting, strange oath talking, rape, etc. Cultism is a negative behavior which is rampant in tertiary institutions today, they usually attack, intimidate and kill both lecturers and students, destroy tame property. Members are mainly truants that do not take their education seriously, thereby performing poorly and expecting to pass by intimidating lecturers and students. Therefore, in order for us to be alive, productive and useful in life, we should not indulge or belong to secret cults.DISREGARD FOR TIME This is an different negative behavior of our people. Nigerians do not keep to time. They disregard time. No matter how important a program, meeting or event is. For instan ce, if a meeting is scheduled for 9.00am, by 1000am or 1030am, the meeting whitethorn not constitute started because they believe in their so-called African Time. This is bad because lateness leads to inefficiency in our activities.DRUG TRAFFICKING This is a globally illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, dispersion and sale of substances which are subject to prohibition. Drug traffickers are many in Nigeria and many of them peddle hard drugs like cocaine, heroin and marijuana. These drugs contri stille to many crimes because as traffickers increase in numbers, users and abusers also increase. Many of our youths get to been made useless and some pine awayd as a result of drug trafficking. heathenISM OR TRIBALISM-DISCRIMINATION AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS Our country, Nigeria is made up of many heathenish conventions and these ethnical groups have different languages but all these ethnic groups makeup the nation called Nigeria. Nigeria adopted a general language known a s English from her colonial master to be used as a common language by all the ethnic groups as one country. The three major tribes which are Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa, discriminate in the offer of employment, appointment, admission, distribution of resources, governance (who produces the president). Some believe they are born-to-rule and be in power all y=the time, thats why they choose and rotate leadership among families, the same tribe and piety.EXAMINATION MALPRATICES This is seen in the behavior of all categories of students (primary school to tertiary institutions). There are cases where primary school pupils are given assistances in form of cheating to pass their examinations e.g. common entrance, by their t apieceers due to the notes paid by their parents. Secondary school students do not register for external examinations in most public schools, instead, they register with huge sums of money in special centers. These centers are known as miracles centers where examinations a re made easy parents, principals or proprietors of schools, invigilators and officers of examination bodies collide and perpetrate the crime for money and this has now make a culture in our ordering.5 HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRATICES AREa. MALTREATMENT OF WIDOWS In most communities in Nigeria, widows are given harsh intervention and conditions. When a woman lose her husband, she may be made to cut her hair, put on white cloth or black cloth for a year after the death of her husband, made to remain indoors and should not visit friends or go to market for some months. She may be constrained to drink water used in bathing the dead body of her husband. Besides, the property of the husband i.e. land etc. is sometimes taken away from the widow by relations of the dead husband leaving the widow and her children to suffer. Sometimes, they are forced out of their husbands house but all these depends on the custom and community in place.b. PREFERENCE FOR MALE CHILDREN In the olden days, femal e children were not recognized because they believed training her in school was a waste because she will still have to end up in the kitchen, so only male children were given preference and recognition in the family. Discrimination in training of children in our communities is harmful, so therefore equal education should be given to both sexes (male or female).c. CIRCUMCISION This refers to the removal of some parts of the body reed electronic organ either male or female circumcision is practiced in most communities of their world but female circumcision is common. Some part of the female genital organ removed, is believed to be the most sensitive and sensational part of female sexual organ and that by circumcision females sexuality will brought under control. This practice brings about a lot of health problems e.g. fibrosis, Hiv/Aids due to the instruments involved in the act.d. SLAVERY This is the illegal trade of human organismnesss for the purpose of commercial, sexual exploi tation or forced labour. It is also the transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of threat or use of force or deception in order to ask round payment or benefit. Slavery also involves deals with the transportation of women, men or children.e. INFANT BETROTHAL AND EARLY MARRIAGE In some communities, marriage formalities are fulfilled for the couple before their maturity, whereby parents betroth their female children to older men or to their friends either for money or in order to compass a goal. This early marriage leads to poor sexual and reproductive health of the victim, in some cases leads to the lickage of vagina due to child bearing, as well as depriving the girlfriend the joy of youth or going further in her education. This affects the girl socially, psychologically, physically and emotionally.WHAT ARE VALUES IN SOCIAL STUDIES?value are attitudes or beliefs which people should do, the standards they should live by, or the things they should endors e or maintain. Values are the principles we hold as important and worthwhile and which possess quality or merit. Values helps to direct our behavior and relationship with other people.Right values we should possess are as followsHaving belief in hard work.Performing selfless portion in our community.Showing commitment towards the security of life and property of the people and society.organism punctual at all times.Honesty or truthfulness.Having patience.Co-operation and willingness to share with others.Being dedicated to work etc.EXPLAIN WITH 5 EXAMPLES WHAT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO WORK MEANSINTERGRITY This is the quality of being honest and having good moral principles and uprightness. Having lawfulness means doing the right thing in a reliable way. Its a personality trait everyone should have, it literally means having wholeness of character, being unbiased always i.e. always standing by the truth.DELIGENCE This means careful and persistent work or apparent movement. It is deter mination and perseverance when doing something it is also the act of being hardworking in order to achieve a certain goal or goals. It involves being meticulous in duties, showing care and steady effort in discharging our duties in our life activities.PUNCTUALITY This is the act of arriving or doing something at the expected or planes time. This also means attending to any duty charge to us to do at the right or appropriate time.COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION This is showing interest and good sense, responsibility in carrying out our duties. This is about having passion for the work we do and we are committed to our work, it brings success. It also means committing ourselves to something special. For instance, Mandela was committed and dedicated in bringing his country justice and democracy, he had commodious passion for what is right.REGULARITY This involves being in our place of work always and doing our work as supposed. This involves always in order and all constant.EXPLAIN WITH 5 EXAMPLES OF PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR IN OUR SOCIEETY.EDUCATION Educating people about positive behavior and making them know the benefits of behaving right. Also through public enlightenment which have to do with the public aware of the dangers associated with negative behavior.PUNISHMENT This is using sanctions and punishments to discourage negative behaviors in order for them to know that negative behavior is bad.ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS The government should make strict laws against negative behaviors and make sure the laws are enforced tom the letter i.e. enforced on anyone going against the law.REWARDS Rewards should be given to people who exhibit positive behavior in order to encourage them and serve as motivation.EMPHASIS ON GOOD MORALS Lecture on good moral philosophy should be made in order to let people have discipline and abstain from negative behaviors.EXAMINE CRITICALLY THE CONCEPT OF CULTURAL PATTERNS. finis is the way of life of people. It is a set of people grouped in concert having common accessories (linage) or parenthood it includes the totality of peoples beliefs, their modes of worship, their occupation, ways of thinking etc. Culture varies from place to place and it is passed down from generation to another through learning. It grows and changes with time and through contact with people from outside our own groups. In Nigeria we have over 370 ethnic groups of which the three major and largest are the Hausa-Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba, and these people have different culture, for instance, the culture of the Yorubas is different from that of the Hausas and Igbo culture is different from those of the Hausas and Yorubas. Examples of the dissimilar heathen patterns are language, music, religion, art and craft, food, trading, occupation, traditions, architecture etc.EXPLAIN WITH EXAMPLES THE NIGERIAN CULTURAL PATTERNSDRESSING Among the different ethnic groups in Nigeria, their dressing is also a common factor. For instance, a Yoruba man is know n for wearing agbada and Abeti-Aja Cap, while an Igbo man is known for wearing awka-ochie and a red cap. They dress differently because of their tribes and culture.MUSIC several(predicate) ethnic groups have different music they listen to. This poems are sometimes in their different languages or traditions. For instance, an igbo music and meaning is different from that of an Ijaw man or that of an Hausa man. There are different music have different meanings to them and they appreciate it according to their traditions or culture.LANGUAGE in Nigeria different ethnic groups speaks different languages. For example, A Yoruba man calls plate Abo while an Igbo man calls plate Efere, this is because they are from different tribes and the way they think and view the world is determined by their cultural language differences.FOOD The food of ethnic groups are different. This ethnic groups enjoys different delicacies according to their culture or tradition. For instance, Yoruba enjoys Amala and Ewedu While Igbos enjoys Fufu/pounded yam with Egusi or oha soup, likewise other ethnic groups have their own special delicacies.RELIGION Religion is the belief in of people, therefore, different ethnic groups have their own different beliefs and religions. For instance, some Yoruba religion is Christianity while some are Muslims likewise Hausa are mainly Muslims. They have different religions because of what they believe to be sacred and of great value and moral standard.MYTHOLOGY divers(prenominal) ethnic groups originated from different places and source. For instance, the Yoruba came from ododuwa in ile-ife while the Igbos also came from another source. This different historical backgrounds shows the different in their way of life and traditions.MARRIAGE Different ethnic groups have different ways of marriage process and system. For instance, the traditions and ways a Yoruba person will get married is different from the way an Igbo person will get married. They have specifi c traditions which they must follow when performing marriage rites.CITING APPROPRIATE EXAMPLES, EXAMIN 5 COMMON TERMS IN CULTURE.LEVEL OF POLITICAL desegregation This refers to the general types of policy-making systems used to organize and manage societies. As a society increases in population size and territory, it must develop new political solutions to keep or avoid them from splitting apart.CHIEF-DOM This is when a society has more or less permanent political leader i.e. a chief but has no division of governing tasks into specific categories. The chief provides direction and authority for the society as a whole.KINDRED This is a family group bound together by their kinship ties to one person i.e. relationships between individuals who are commonly thought of as having family ties. An individuals kindred consists of all the people whom are related to him or her biologically and sometimes spouses.DIFFUSION This is the movement of cultural traits and ideas from one society or eth nic group to another. While the form of a trait may be transmitted to another society, the meaning may not be used. For instance, Chinese foods are seen as normal delicacies in mainland China but are seen as special foods in Nigeria.ACCULTURATION This is defined as the process by which a culture is transformed due to the vast adoption of cultural traits from another society. This is when particular culture is changed from the different one it has. It can be seen as an individual moving to a new society and adopting their culture.WHAT IS MEANT BY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN INDIGENIOUS SOCIETIES?Social interaction can be defined as the process by which we act, relate and react to people most us. It is also those acts, actions or practices of two or more people mutually oriented towards each other, i.e. any behavior that tries to affect or take line of each others experiences or intentions. It includes those act people perform towards each other and the response they give in return. For instance, it is the way an ethnic group relates with another ethnic group. In relating with people, we must know their dos and donts I.e. respecting them knowing what they like and do not like. In other words, parties in social interaction must be aware of each others self in mind. Social interaction can involve smiling, talking, winking, debating, negotiating they can also be active or passive, brief or long-lived, organized, unorganized or disorganized, direct or indirect, shallow or intense etc. quintet FACTORS THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE INDIGENIOUS SOCIETIESINTER-MARRIAGE When people marry from different tribe and culture, they tend to know more about each other and then they respect and interact with themselves effectively. It enables them meet people and express themselves without segregation.AGE GRADE When people belong to the same age grade, it helps makes them free and allows them to interact with one another. For instance, children when playing with each oth er, interact and mingle up with themselves irrespective of their different families and tribe. It gives them a sense of belonging in sharing things because of their age grade.FAMILY Members of family who experience the security of other family members and have strong attachment to them, are better able to reach out to relate with others. Family members use this relationship as a support to venture out and explore their environment. They are able to use the image of each of them when interacting with others.MUSIC When people listen to songs together irrespective of the language used, they interact well. For instance, at an author where a song is played, people of different tribes can just fall in love with the particular song and everyone will dance and sing to it. The song here has brought about love and enjoyment in their mist and it helps them interact with one another.OCCUPATION When people of different skill meet just with the sole aim to work and achieve a certain goal, it bu ilds their abilities and interaction among them. People have the chance to learn more from each other and by doing so their friendship and interaction increases. It helps them in understanding each other better and also in building of the society.

Impact Of Inhouse Training And Their Percieved Effectiveness Management Essay

Impact Of Inho intention readying And Their Percieved pitchiveness Management Essaychapter 1 IntroductionTraining is widely understood as communication say at a delimitate population for the purpose of developing skills, modifying behavior, and increasing competence. Generally, educate focuses exclusively on what needs to be known. Education is a longer-term adjoin that incorporates the goals of grooming and explains why certain information must be known. Education emphasizes the scientific foundation of the material presented. Both instruct and facts of life induce learning, a process that modifies knowledge and behavior through with(predicate) t each(prenominal)ing and experience. The research model draw here pertains to both tuition and education. Therefore, in this document, schooling refers to both processes.In contrast to informal In-house teach (which is embedded in most instances of human ex shift), formal In-house genteelness interventions earn stated goals, glut, and strategies for instruction. Our intent is to offer a public approach to intervention persuasiveness research that call offes formal homework across settings and topics. Training intervention potency research is required to (1) identify major variables that trance the learning process and (2) optimize resources open for educational activity interventions. Logical and progressive study models be best suited to identify the critical elements and causal relationships that excise planning enduringness and efficiency. In training research, it is often difficult to arrive at definitive answers. Typically, many variables minimize effects and make results difficult to interpret. Furthermore, the tote up of variance attributed to any one variable is usually small.1Problem StatementTo analyze the Impact of In-house Training Programs and assess their Perceived and Actual Effectiveness as Experienced by Trainees.Research ObjectivesFollowing be the research objectivesTo assess the effect of environmental variables (e.g. culture, learning environment, venue and management support) on training involveTo appraise how training allude and effectiveness offer be enhancedTo highlight the relationship between employee ability and In-house training effectivenessTo explore how employee motivating affects In-house training effectivenessTo analyze the stupor of effective trainer-trainee interaction on In-house effectivenessTo explore techniques to evaluate In-house training effectivenesschapter 2 Litrature ReviewThe battle of any business often rests on the quality and skills of its employees. Training dismiss improve the functioning and productivity of staff and ensure they have the skills that the business needs. Effective training whitethorn be crucial when we hire new recruits or when we change business practices or add new products. As the business grows, the skills needed for it to remain successful may change.2Training and management ripening activities ar currently receiving increased attention in the industrial and academic communities. This emphasis is illustrated by recent figures which report that organizations spend upwards of $30 billion dollars annually for training programs involving 15 billion lick hours (Huber, 1985).3The purpose of training and development offer be said to be that of acquiring, developing and retaining the stock of human capital needed for an organization to conduct its operations. In the most general sense, it is carried surface purposively in baseball club to improve work performance. Training, therefore, refers to the bon tons planned and systematic efforts to modify or develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes of their employees through learning experiences. As an activity, it spans many boundaries, including the distinction between education and training, on the job and off-the-job training, as sound as formal and informal training through work experience.Training invariably re presents investment by a accompany in its employees. At the very minimum, the orientation of new employees to the specifics of the company requires time and close supervision. Most similarly, the company will continue to sponsor the further development of employee competencies and expertise. General training improves both the employees internal and orthogonal position in the bear on market, and is thus generally perceived by employees as a adjunct act on the part of the company an act that is reciprocated through increased commitment, independent of the particulars of the employment relationship (Gaertner and Nollen 1989 Meyer and Allen 1997).Given the value of training to employees, sponsoring training can be seen as an act of gift giving on the part of the company. Even training in company-specific skills presents to the employees attachment to the company (Levine and Tyson1990). Returns on any training investment depend greatly on employee retention. While specific trainin g is often considered to be unique to a firm and therefore of little use to competitors, the enhanced productivity of general training is of great value to new(prenominal)wise firms. Generally practised employees atomic number 18 likely to be poached by competitors who atomic number 18 able to offer higher wages. Another problem with training arises should employees not be willing or motivated either to acquire new skills or to apply their newly learned skills at the workplace.When In-house trainings are effectively conducted, the management of a companys human resources entails a comprehensive judicial decision and matching of the skills attainment of the advertise force and the skills requirement of the economy. By providing people with the necessary skills and training they need to do their job, effective human resource management, among others, can promote employment growth, address skills shortages and improve flexibility, all contributing to both employee and company ne eds.4Businesses often decide that in-house training is the most cost-effective way to improve the skills of their employees. This is be political campaign (1) training can be scheduled at their convenience, (2) training is more focused, consistent and relevant to their needs, (3) travelling and accommodation costs are reduced or even eliminated.5In-house training can take several forms, for example (1) a training programme boded and carried out by a company, (2) an off-the-shelf training programme bought from and run by a training specialist, (3) a training programme tailored to a companys needs and managed by a training specialist, (4) an lucre-based training course or (5) an informal, on-the-job training. Formal in-house training, if properly planned and executed, can be highly flexible and cost effective.Positive reactions of trainees, learning, and behaviour change, and improvements in job-related outcomes are expected from well-designed and administered In-house training prog rams. However, the attitudes, interests, values, and expectations of trainees may attenuate or enhance the effectiveness of training.6Ensuring that the company has the human capital it requires implies that it needs to invest heavily in the skill and training of its workforce, particularly company specific training. In doing so, companies incur considerable risk. The efficiency of the training investment will depend on the cognitive skills and the motivation of the employees to acquire new capabilities. Flanking training with selectivity practices ensures that trainable employees are hired (i.e. the person-organisation fit is maximised). Through the use of stringent selection procedures the company can take steps to ensure that the profile of employees is such that they are willing to share with the firm the costs and benefits of training as well as being likely to respond well to and learn quickly from training opportunities provided.To this end, the selection of employees that are favourably evaluated for training potential helps to ensure that the companys return on training investment is maximised. Training incentives flanked by performance incentives reward the learning and the application of skills. Once recruited, it is imperative that the employee becomes well attuned to the companys expectations for developing skills and experience. To this end, flanking training with guidance practices contributes greatly to the fulfilment of this vital function by providing the employee with a training perspective. Training that is specific to the employer may be of little value outside the particular company, but general expertise and experience will undoubtedly improve the labour market position of workers. Consequently, the sponsoring of training involves a considerable loss, should the employee decide not to stay with the company. From the perspective of the firm, the provision of training has the negative effect that the employee is rendered more invaluable t o other firms and thus increases the risk of un go ford turnover of highly skilled employees. Relational signals increase the attachment of employees and thereby compensate the negative side effect of training. Finally, by applying guidance practices employee attachment can be strengthened through the potential of these practices to integrate employees within the social milieu of the company.A frequent review of research on In-house training is its susceptibility to fads and its generally a theoretical approach (Goldstein, 1980 Hinrichs, 1976 Wexley, 1984). Researchers have frequently attempted to increase the effectiveness of training through a focus on techniques. Special attention has alike been paid to the arrangement of training environments (Wexley, 1984). But without a theoretical basis for studying the techniques and the training environments, researchers are often at a loss either to explain why they are effective or to predict their effectiveness in other settings or for other trainees (Noe, 1986).7Professional development literature has consistently stressed the continuing part of continuing education. Since the 1980s, staff training researchers and practitioners have talked about current training. They have urged follow-up sessions in the weeks and months after workshops to sustain new practices. They have preached the importance of encouraging and supporting trainers (through in classroom coaching by trainers and friend leaders) to continue learning and implementing new knowledge and skills, lest the momentum for change be lost (Bents Howey, 1981 Joyce Showers, 1983 Sprinthall Sprinthall, 1980).8Why is it so difficult for organizations to effectively conduct internal training? There are many reasons why internal workshops or seminars arent productive. Consider the following example. Two managers in a major accounting firm were make upting ready to conduct an in-house training session to introduce a new company initiative. The managers wor ked diligently to gather material and to sick together excellent content for the handouts. They were covering a lot of valuable material, but the handouts were getting voluminous. When asked by an outside consultant why they had so oft material, the team leader responded, We have so much material to cover in the seminar there is so much the participants have to understand. Then the question was asked, How are you going to engage or involve the participants in the seminar? A blank stare followed, then finally, We havent really thought much about that. We were too busy getting the materials together. How would we get them entangled anyway?9It cannot be expected from trainers to teach what they do not know, nor is to use yesterday training to prepare todays employees for tomorrows future. We certainly cannot expect trainers to share and learn from each others knowledge and skill unless they r provided with the research, structures, time, and money with which to do it. Ultimately, q uality staff development benefits employees by channeling the talents and expertise of all the companys employees in all the companys department. By alter staff development trainers help all employees to reach the high levels of achievement they need to succeed.As a lead-trainer one must acknowledge the importance of act people. People learn more when they are engaged. They are more connected and enthused when they are participating. Imagine thinking you could learn how to escape golf simply by watching a golf video or reading a book on the perfect swing. The trainer has to DO IT and get feedback and then look for it again. He has to participate.10An In-house trainer however may need training in (1) presentation/speaking skills, (2) gene rank rapport/interest, (3) dealing with difficult trainees, (4) types of learning, (5) course and session design/planning skills, (6) evaluation, monitoring and feedback skills, (7) measuring the effectiveness of training, (7) setting up support for employees after training and conducting training needs analyses.11Evidence exists that the preference for outsider training is the result of managerial responses to (1) the contrasting status implications of learning from internal versus external competitors, and (2) the availability or scarcity of training in-house training is more readily available and hence subject to greater scrutiny, while external training is scarcer, which makes it appear more special and unique. It can be concluded by considering some consequences of the external training preference for organizational functioning.12The two dilemmas on the employee and organizational levels are closely interrelated. On one side, the benefits of training accrue only to the extent that employees contribute to the organization. Thus, a firm should take into account how it expects a training program to affect employee effort as well as employee turnover. On the other side, trained workers produce at higher rates, which in t urn may affect how much they contribute and how often they migrate to other firms in comparison with raging workers.13Individual differences can potentially influence the type of training conducted as some individual attributes may engender greater trainability in general or for specific types of training. Intelligence and other abilities have been found to relate to trainability in some instances (Bale, Rickus and Ambler, 1973 Gill, 1982 Williams, Sauser and Kemery, 1982). Further, initial training has been used to predict later training performance (Gordon and Cohen, 1973). More recently, researchers have begun to examine motivational and personality factors that potentially influence trainability (Tubiana and Ben-Shakhar, 1982). Noe (1986) presented a model of the potential influences of such individual difference factors as locale of control, expectancies, and career and job attitudes on training effectiveness.14Qualitative improvements may be just as important. This could al low in higher quality goods and services, better teamwork, fewer guest complaints and greater innovation within your business. Employee feedback is a critical component of assessing In-house training effectiveness, Employees need to be asked (1) if the training was relevant to their job and their level of expertise, (2) how they will put their learning into action for feedback on the training method, (3) what worked and what didnt, (4) what could be improved. We need to remember that the business expectations may not be the same as employees expectations. Training assessment or evaluation forms may also prove to be useful here.One way organizations gain tacit knowledge is through social ties to other organizations, that is, through networks. Networked organizations are those that are cosmopolitan, externally oriented, and characterized by multiplex, non-redundant affiliations. With respect to the workplace, the information that flows through networks can include knowledge about the performance effects of work reform, the benefits of bundling, and tactics to persuade managers and employees that innovation is beneficial.Recently there has been a proliferation of studies emphasizing the role of networks in In-house trainings (for example, Nohria and Gulati 1994 Strang and Soule 1998). By enhancing access to knowledge, networks promote awareness and early espousal of an innovation. By promoting social interaction, they generate trust and norms of reciprocity-social capital-that are conducive to knowledge transfer.15When it comes to in-house trainings one variable, of course, is organizational size. Explanations for why large organizations provide more training are Large organizations have formalized job structures, have internal labour markets, are more unionized, and operate in environments that encourage investment in training. getable evidence indicates a positive relation between organizational size and job training at both the establishment and firm levels (Cohen and Pfeffer 198614 Barron, B escape, and Lowenstein 1987). almost research suggests a curvilinear relation, with the smallest and largest employers providing the most training (Brown, Hamilton, and Medoff 199054-55). Barron et al. (1987, 1989) found that five training activities (e.g., hours of instruction given to new employees by managers, supervisors, and co- workers) increased nonlinearly with the number of employees (logged) and the globe of subsidiaries outside the local area.16Although little theory or research exists on environmental influences on In-house training, it is likely that companies would provide more employee training when skilled workers are harder to hire and where resource dependencies permit the diversion of resources from production. Thus, resource-rich organizations confronting rapid technological advances, intense domestic and international competition, and high demands for skilled labour may invest in improving their current employees skills (as well as in pirating from other organizations trained workers holding comparable positions).17The best seminars allot blocks of time where participants are working in smaller groups on specific tasks. They are given a set of open-ended questions to consider. For example What are the greatest strengths, opportunities and challenges we face over the next sextet months? Each mini-team can think about and discuss these important questions and then report back to the larger group. In turn, the trainer facilitates and assimilates this information and displays it for all to see.18 amongst the components of initial instruction and trainee behaviour, some degree of learning has taken place. The learning is exhibited by trainees in some initial behaviour or response which the trainer can observe. Trainee behaviours at this point business leader be the first trials of the new behaviour, understanding of the information presented, or other response to exhibit learning of training material. The behaviour depends on trainee attributes and motivation, as described by Noe (1986) and tested by Noe and Schmitt (1986), and on learning principles incorporated into the training program, such as are described in texts on training (e.g. Goldstein, 1986 Wexley and Latham, 1981).CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGYPrimary DataSampleRespondents were drawn from banks in both private and public sector. In order to study the existence of In-house Trainings and their effectiveness it was important to cover banks from both the sectors. Study of banks from just one sector wouldnt have provided the complete picture. The attitudes and work value-systems also vary among private and public sector banks. Private sector in Pakistan employs some of the best talent available in the country thus they are more aware of latest concepts and are willing to implement changes however, the public sector is more about stability and sticking to the rule book and change is only considered necessary when there is no choice left.Since the primary aim of the study was to study the Impact of In-house Training and their perceived effectiveness, banks with varied work ethic and objectives were selected. As much as it is a matter of which industry the banks belong to it is also about the systems they have developed overtime to perform in the juvenile business world and how they are planning to go forward as they grow.Questionnaires were distributed to all officer level employees during the research. A total of 50 valid responses from 2 banks were used in this study. The actual population is Lahore and the working population is the employees of two banks i.e. Bank of Punjab and Faysal bank. The response rate was high because the participants willingness and interest in the survey. The respondents were mostly well qualified with at least a Masters Degree in their relevant field.MeasuresPreference scales were setup for questions using a five point Likert rating scale (1 = Very Dissatisfied, 5 = Very Satisfied ). The questions were created primarily keeping the literature review as a reference and were validated by the interviews from senior managers along with the perception of employees and regarding the subject of In-house trainings.Data TreatmentThe Likert scale based questions were analyzed using statgarphics plus 5.1 where multiple regressions were run of the independent variables with one dependent variable. textual matter from extensive interviews was utilized to justify variable intensity selection and also to know their views on issues related to Training and Development initiatives and their effectiveness.Secondary DataInternetInternet was mainly used for material pertaining to the literature review and findings of this research project. This included information about motivation, training and development previous research conducted by famous researchers, definitions and theories used as reference in this project etc.The main problem faced in collecting data from the internet was the lack of local data available. No real information was available about current training and development practices going on in Pakistan and what their effects were. settingTo analyze the advert of In-house Trainings and to assess how they can be made more effective and to observe the effects of variables like company environment, culture, trainee learning ability and his or her motivation to learn from In-house Trainings.LimitationsThe thesis, off-course, has some limitations. First, the sample is relatively small, which limits the significance of the results. As the research is dependent on questionnaire, so individual concerns in filling out questionnaire honestly is a limitation. Sample size was restricted to 50 participants from 2 different banks.Second, there are obviously several other factors that could also play a role in the observed effectiveness of organizational training. For instance, two additional steps commonly listed in the training development and evaluation sequence, namely (a) developing the training objectives and (b) the actual presentation of the training content was excluded.Finally, this thesis focused on fairly broad training design and evaluation features. Although a number of levels within these features were identified previously and examined, given the number of moderators that can be identified (e.g., trainer effects, contextual factors), it is reasonable to believe that there might be additional moderators operating here that would be worthy of future investigation.Independent VariablesIndependent variables are the manipulated variables-that is, the training inputs and activities that are implemented and studied. They are presumed to cause or influence certain training outcomes. Depending on the study, independent variables could include timing, format, and location of training as well as modifications to the training rationale, content, or educational approach under study.Dependent VariablesDependent variables are the in tended aims of training, which are expected to result from exposure to the independent variables. As exposure varies, results may differ, allowing effectiveness to be measured. Sample outcomes of training include participant satisfaction with the course changes in knowledge, attitude, and behavioural intent and demonstrated skills or abilities. Sample impacts of training include the following diffusion of course material into the field, retention of knowledge and attitudes, transfer of behavioural intent into practice, application of learned skills and abilities, transfer of training to new populations, and adoption of instructional content as normal operating procedure.Theoratical frameworkA theoretical framework is a conceptual framework as to how one theorizes or makes logical sense of the relationships among the several factors that have been identified as important to the problem.It seems intuitively obvious that an employees work attitudes influence preparation for a particul ar training program, or that an organizations reward system may affect the extent to which trainees use their newly acquired knowledge and skills. However, these and other variables have been given little attention in the training literature, and training researchers in particular have not focused much attention on factors outside the learning or training environment. In fact, individual and work-related factors that are not directly associated with training have only recently been empirically studied.19The framework helps us analyze the impact of independent variables like trainees ability and motivation to learn, impacts of the work environment, the organizations learning culture, implementation, content and design of the trainings and the training impact and effectiveness which is dependent variable.Theoretical Framework FlowWork purlieuTrainees motivation to learnTrainees ability to learnTraining Impact and EffectivenessTraining ImplementationContent and DesignTrainer-Trainee I nteractionOrganizational Culture useable definitions of variablesOrganizational cultureOrganizational culture is the personality of the organization. Culture is comprised of the assumptions, values and norms of organization members and their behavioursTrainees ability to learnTrainees ability to learn is the trainees performance in a training program, which can be measured by asking trainees to recall trained materials immediately or shortly after completion Of a training program.Training implementationTo put training program into effect according to definite plan or procedure is called training implementation.Trainees motivationTrainees motivation refers to an individuals desire to engage in training activities and fully embrace the training experience.Content and designContent and design with reference to training can be defined as the material which is provided to the trainees as well as the structure of the training program which is carried out.Trainer-trainee interactionTrainer -trainee interaction is defined as how the trainers give instructions to the trainees and get feedback from them in terms of questions or answers if any, by the trainees.Work environmentThe work environment is comprised of the physical location, equipment, materials processed or used, and the activities of an employee while engaged in a training program.HypothesisHo trainees ability to learn does not affect training impact and effectivenessH1 trainees ability to learn does effect training impact and effectivenessHo trainees motivation to learn does not affect training impact and effectivenessH1 trainees motivation to learn does effect training impact and effectivenessHo work environment has no effect on training impact and effectivenessH1 work environment has effect on training impact and effectivenessHo trainer trainee interaction has no effect on training impact and effectivenessH1 trainer trainee interaction has effect on training impact and effectivenessHo organizational culture does not affect training impact and effectivenessH1 organizational culture does effect training impact and effectivenessHo content and design does not affect training implementation and effectivenessH1 content and design does effect training implementation and effectivenessChapter 4 RESULTS AND ANALYSISThe thesis sites that the companies observed have had difficulty assessing trainings effectiveness. To begin with, the findings were based primarily on the respondents personal experiences and common sense. Little can be said about the direct impact of training, regardless of the respondents perceptions about the value of training. One thing which is clear from the study is that the training question goes beyond how much is spent. Simply because an organization spends a certain percentage of its payroll on training does not tell us whether that money is well spent. The interviews and research review has revealed at least two general factors beyond training content, design, and implem entation that probably influence the effectiveness of training.Dependent variable impact and effectiveness

Porphyria’s Lover, My Last Duchess and The Laboratory Essay -- Robert

Porphyrias Lover, My Last Duchess and The LaboratoryIn this essay I hold to prove that Robert Brownings murder mystery poesys are fulfilled with intrigue and excitement. I also hope to provethat in his poems he creates intense characters and uses poetictechniques to expose a world of madness and wickedness. To show thatthe statements above are true I will be writing nearly the characters,the poetic features in each poem and the madness and wickedness ineach poem. This essay will include three of Robert Brownings poemsthey are Porphyrias Lover, My Last Duchess and The Laboratory. Robert Browning was born on the seventh of May in cardinaleen twelve inCamberwell a suburb of London. He was the firstborn baby of Robert andSarah Anna Browning. His mother was an accomplished pianist and hisFather was a clerk in the Bank of England. Robert Browning was largelyself-taught. He was an extremely bright pincer and a voracious reader.By the time he was fourteen he had learned Latin, Greek, French andItalian. He attended the University of London in eighteen xx eightbut left in discontent to pursue his reading at his own pace. Ineighteen forty six he unify Elizabeth Barrett and locomote to Florence,Italy. He moved prat to London in eighteen sixty one but spent hisfinal years with his only boy back in Italy. He died in eighteeneighty nine and is buried in Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey. Hewrote his first poem Pauline in eighteen thirty three. Browningwrote during the romantic era in the nineteenth century. In this eraromantic poets such as Robert Browning wrote nearly hammy events inunusual ways, using different ideas and forms. All of Brownings poemsare spectacular monologues he was the fir... ...the poison to be attractive so when it is monstrous it is more of ashock.The colours too grim. Why not soft phials, enticing, dim? Let it brighten her drink, let her spin it and stir, and attempt it and taste, ere she fix and prefer.She also shows her wickedness ag ain in the fact that she wants herlovers mistress to die in pain with him watching her die.I enjoyed all three of the poems but I especially liked reading andstudying The Laboratory because I thought it was interesting the way individual could fix such a cold attitude to killing someone andactually be eager to do so. All three poems were create verbally as dramaticmonologues and they were all about a lover or husband killing theirlover or wife because of stupid reasons. I enjoyed the way the poemwas written because you felt like you were actually there and theywere speaking to you. Porphyrias Lover, My Last Duchess and The Laboratory Essay -- Robert Porphyrias Lover, My Last Duchess and The LaboratoryIn this essay I hope to prove that Robert Brownings murder mysterypoems are fulfilled with intrigue and excitement. I also hope to provethat in his poems he creates vivid characters and uses poetictechniques to expose a world of madness and wickedness. To show thatth e statements above are true I will be writing about the characters,the poetic features in each poem and the madness and wickedness ineach poem. This essay will include three of Robert Brownings poemsthey are Porphyrias Lover, My Last Duchess and The Laboratory. Robert Browning was born on the seventh of May in eighteen twelve inCamberwell a suburb of London. He was the first child of Robert andSarah Anna Browning. His mother was an accomplished pianist and hisFather was a clerk in the Bank of England. Robert Browning was largelyself-taught. He was an extremely bright child and a voracious reader.By the time he was fourteen he had learned Latin, Greek, French andItalian. He attended the University of London in eighteen twenty eightbut left in discontent to pursue his reading at his own pace. Ineighteen forty six he married Elizabeth Barrett and moved to Florence,Italy. He moved back to London in eighteen sixty one but spent hisfinal years with his only son back in Italy. He died in e ighteeneighty nine and is buried in Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey. Hewrote his first poem Pauline in eighteen thirty three. Browningwrote during the romantic era in the nineteenth century. In this eraromantic poets such as Robert Browning wrote about dramatic events inunusual ways, using different ideas and forms. All of Brownings poemsare dramatic monologues he was the fir... ...the poison to be attractive so when it is horrible it is more of ashock.The colours too grim. Why not soft phials, enticing, dim? Let it brighten her drink, let her turn it and stir, and try it and taste, ere she fix and prefer.She also shows her wickedness again in the fact that she wants herlovers mistress to die in pain with him watching her die.I enjoyed all three of the poems but I especially liked reading andstudying The Laboratory because I thought it was interesting the waysomeone could have such a cold attitude to killing someone andactually be eager to do so. All three poems were written as d ramaticmonologues and they were all about a lover or husband killing theirlover or wife because of stupid reasons. I enjoyed the way the poemwas written because you felt like you were actually there and theywere speaking to you.

Philosophical And Historical Foundations Of American Politics :: essays research papers

The Founding Fathers views on government were influenced by both the classical republican and the lifelike rights philosophers. The two groups of philosophers held very unalike views on how a government should run. The classical republicans believed that the individual should sacrifice his or her person-to-person freedoms in order to gain the greater good. The natural rights philosophers, on the different hand, held that a persons individual freedoms out to be preserved at all costs. The two greatest examples of historical precedent in republican government were the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, which both gave the people a great deal of power in the government by allowing them a voice. The natural rights philosophers favored the Greeks, while most classical republicans admired the Romans.The theory of classical republicanism is that the best society is one that promotes the common good instead of individual interests. hotshot of the ways that this is done is by limiti ng individual rights. This idea began in Rome in 509 after King Servius successor Tarquin the Proud behaved in such(prenominal) a tyrannical way that the outraged aristocracy ousted him. In response to the unspeakable treatment, the Romans changed the governments job. The elite proclaimed themselves the protectors of Rome against tyranny. This mind coiffure became all-important(a) to the ideology through which they justified their political supremacy. From this point on, there would be intense suspicion of any individual who tried to turn popular patronage into personal power.Numerous problems can arise in a society which emphasizes both individual rights and the common good because the two goals are often counterpoint in nature. Everyone desires individual rights, but to protect the common good a social contract must be in effect. This means that some personal rights must be sacrificed for the good of the community. The natural rights philosophy considered the rights of the indi vidual to be of primary importance, but classical republicans held that the communitys interests were more important. Classical republicans required that people care for each other in small communities, and shared similarities in finances and religion. This required an official religion and a single set of family standards had to be followed. Thus it was obvious that this would not work in America, since so many people had come here to escape their official religions and to seek stinting opportunity.The classical republicans stressed the need for moral education and homogeneity in order to protect the interests of society.

A Genocide Forgotten Essay -- Essays Papers

A Genocide Forgotten During his stay at the upside Hotels Sailor Reading Room in Norwich, the mysterious booster unit in W.G. Sebalds sound of Saturn was quietly leafing through Independent on Sunday newspaper he came across an article that stirred his memory. This article dealt with so-called cleansing operations undertaken by Croats, Germans and Austrians which took place during WW2 in Bosnia d, where a item photograph taken by the Utashi showed fellow militiamen in the best of spirits, some of them striking heroic poses, are sawing the head off a Serb (96). Sebalds protagonist goes on to reveal more historical information with graphic details and in the process is bewildered by the lack of outrage and knowledge of these atrocities. The pass completion of the ignorance was the election of an unnamed young Viennese lawyer (99) who was involved in the planning of deportations in the Balkans later became the UN Secretary General and the voice of Voyager II. Consequently, in his novel, Rings of Saturn, W.G. retold the tragedy and horror of the Balkan Holocaust and Kurt Waldheims ascension in world politics in order to underscore the ironies inherent in historical amnesia.In order to fully comprehend the significance of Sebalds revelations, one must review the historical background surrounding these atrocities. Following, World War One, the signing of the accord of Versailles the ended of the rule of the Hapsburg dynasty, the multiethnic Astro-Hungarian Empire crumbled. In its place independent states of Austrian and Hungary, but also another multiethnic kingdom of Yugoslavia, which contained Serbs, Croats, Slovenes and Jews were established.1 While Orthodox Serbs were an overall majority, Catholic Croats were in m... ...ng war criminals? HumanEvents. August 2, 1996 4-6.Reinhartz, Dennis. Unmarked graves the destruction of the Yugoslav Roma in theBalkan Holocaust. Journal of Genocide Research. 1 (1999) 81-90Sebald, W.G. The Rings of Saturn. Trans. Michael Hulse. London Harvill, 1998.Schindley, Wanda. Hidden History the Horror of Jasenovac. Ratsko.org. (2005). Utgaard, Peter.Remebering and Forgetting Nazism. New York Bergham, 2003.Wertz, Joachim. On the Serbian Orthodox New Martyrs of the Second World WarA shortened Historical Background. Orthodox Christian Information Center. (1983) .What was Jasenovac?. 2001. The Jasenovac Research Institute. April 13, 2005.

Two Rivers :: essays research papers

Two Rivers, WisconsinIf one were to travel 36 miles Southeast of Green Bay they would run into a small town known as Two Rivers. Two rivers is located on the coast of Lake Michigan. Two Rivers is surrounded on three sides by the majestic Lake Michigan. Not far from Two Rivers is its infant city Manitowoc. French Canadians as advantageously as the Chippewa Indians founded two Rivers. The Chippewa Indians called the area Neshotah that means a junction of 2 rivers, since the twin rivers join together in the lead entering Lake Michigan. The Chippewa Indians also named the twin rivers. The West River is known as Neshoto meaning west, and the East river is Mishicot meaning east. Two Rivers is obviously named after these twin rivers. The rivers themselves are most geographically the same. The rivers are split between the city capital that is located in the center of downtown, and then rejoin together right before they touch Lake Michigan. There is more than seven miles of clean and wi de white sandy beaches along the citys edges for the towns people as well as the tourist to enjoy. Swimming, wind surfings, beach coming, or simply even to take a brake and relax in the sun are just some of the things you can enjoy in Two Rivers. Not to mention one of the biggest activities to enjoy is the fishing. Fishing charters is a major tourist attraction, the Kiwanis fishing bowler brings anglers from throughout the Midwest. You can fish on or off shore in almost all of the four seasons. Not only are the equalize rivers a good resource for fishing they are a major and important resource for water. The rivers stream are usually calm and slow, which you could say it matches the agency of life of Two Rivers.Two Rivers is a town were the pace of life doesnt get any slower. Its slow paced atmosphere and friendly townspeople fox you feel like you are in the South. Trees line the quiet streets of the all American city. In the center of town are gracious old buildings that trun k Central Park. Young and old gather here for festivals, or just to sit and talk. Band Concerts are also held in Central Park on a regular basis. Tourists shop at all the well-kept stores and are often greeted with a friendly smile. Two Rivers is a town were every dust knows your name.