MKT 438 Defining Public Relations University of Phoenix Your Name: xxxxxxx Date: xxxxxxx‚ 2011 Defining Public Relations Effective relations between an organization and its publics are one of the keys to business success. Given the fact that today’s society is now completely flooded with both electronic and traditional communications‚ the practice of public relations has never been of more value. In fact‚ “In the United States alone‚ public relations is a multibillion-dollar business practiced
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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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positive corporate image and reputation‚ and delivering promised corporate behaviour and standards; how identity crisis can lead to adverse consequences; the importance and cruciality of businesses to react and respond strategically to the right publics at the right time and so on and so forth- it is even evident‚ in real situations whereby failure to manage crisis would affect businesses detrimentally in terms of sales volume‚ consumer loyalty and trust‚ revamp of the management and even to the
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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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The History of Public Relations The act of public relations dates back to 52 B.C.E. in ancient Rome and continues on today all around the world. Public relations is defined as the controlling factor that searches to form and maintain relationships between organizations‚ profit or non-profit and the public that are beneficial for both parties (Bates). The age of public relations as a profession evolved in the 20th Century‚ mainly in the United States‚ but its foundation can
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Licensing and The Public Relations Professional: (Will They Ever Be Card Carrying Members?) PR’s Pioneers The public relations field has the opportunity to connect its past and present to garner a powerful future‚ by making the PR profession a licensed one. Since the time of such PR pioneers like Edward Bernays (1891 - 1995)‚ argued to be the "father of public relations" and Ivy Lee (1877 1934) also argued to be the "father of public relations‚ PR practitioners have desperately
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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 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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to connect with the stakeholders. References Chia‚ J. & Synnott‚ G. (2009) an Introduction to Public Relations from Theory to Practice. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Richardson‚ M. & Chapman‚ S. (2011) Key Concepts in VCE Business Management. Milton: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
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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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