The Evolution of Public Relations Introduction In order for us to understand how public relations have evolved through history‚ we must first understand what public relations are. Public relations as defined by (Wilcox and Cameron 2004) that Professors Long and Hazelton believe it to be‚ “ a communication function of management through which organizations adapt to alter‚ or to maintain their environment for the purpose of achieving organizational goals”(p.5). With that said we could now go back
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Public relation (PR) is active managing of communication of an organization or business to create and maintain a positive image. Public relation involves popularizing successes‚ downplaying failures‚ announcing changes‚ and many other activities. The term Public Relations was first used by the US President Thomas Jefferson during his address to Congress in 1807. Today “Public Relation is a set of management‚ supervisory‚ and technical functions that foster an organization’s ability to strategically
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Public Public Relations PR The main goal of a public relations department is to enhance a company’s reputation. Staff that work in public relations‚ or as it is commonly known‚ PR‚ are skilled publicists. They are able to present a company or individual to the world in the best light. The role of a public relations department can be seen as a reputation protector. Role of PR: Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the flow of information between an organization and its publics
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Defining Public Relations The ability to adhere to one worldwide definition of public relations is a challenging and one might say impossible task‚ and has concerned many public relations specials and scholars alike. They seem to agree that while individuals’ actual definition of public relations might vary in strategy and technique‚ the end goal is always the same‚ to influence public opinion favorably for one’s organization. Public Relations in My Own Words Public Relations deals with a broad
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1.1 Describe the evolution of PR from its inception to today. Public relations can represent the needs‚ interests and desires of the organizations various publics/stakeholders to management and then back from management to them‚ explaining the management’s perspectives. It opens a dialogue between an organization and the publics it affects. The study of public relations has generally been led by the United States and can be viewed through five states: The beginning of PR (1600-1799)‚ Communicating/Initiating
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The Role of Public Relations A career in public relations consist of a broad range of ethics all for the sole purpose of communicating with other people‚ companies and to inhibit a better working environment. Public relation workers deal with numerous ways of getting the message out to organizations and to the public where one will realize whether or not they have created publicity for a specific trademark or person. Public relations is a beneficial system that uses communication processes to
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Looking for a Career Option in the Field of Public Relations? This section features Public Relations as a career option‚ elaborated with reference to the job profile‚ personality traits required‚ the courses and training involved‚ premier institutions and future prospects. Public Relation is a management function that involves monitoring and evaluating public attitudes and maintaining mutual relations and understanding between an organisation and its public. Public could include shareholders‚ government
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Public Relations Interview University of Phoenix Marketing for Health Care HCS 539 Public Relations Interview Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium based located in Oakland‚ California. Kaiser Permanente evolved from industrial health care programs for construction‚ shipyard‚ and steel mill workers for the Kaiser industrial companies during the late 1930s and 1940s ("Kaiser Permanente‚" 2013‚ para. 1). Kaiser Permanente is consists of three distinct entities‚ the
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Public Relations What is public relations? There seems to be many different answers to that question. Merriam-Webster ’s online dictionary defines public as "of‚ relating to‚ or affecting all the people or the whole area of a nation or state." It defines relations as "the state of being mutually or reciprocally interested" (Merriam-Webster‚ 2005). These two definitions indicate that public relations affect all the people of a nation or state that are mutually interested. This paper will provide
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The functions of Public Relations (PR) can be grouped into two loose categories: organizational and societal. Many viewpoints of the functions fall into both categories and are not mutually limited. The scope of organizational functions of PR involves actions concerning the company‚ and societal functions of PR interests ’ activities regarding society. Organizational functions of PR are activities that interact with or affect organizations while societal functions of PR have to do with actions that
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