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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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 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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PR99 – Contemporary Public Relations Study Guide 1. All of the following are to be considered when making ethical decisions in public relations EXCEPT: * Ethical decisions are based on: the public interest‚ employer or client‚ * professional organization code of ethics and personal values. 2. Which demographic group is the largest consumer of television‚ magazines‚ books‚ and newspapers? * Baby Boomers 3. “Respecting all opinions and supporting the right of
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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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Week 1: Chapter 3- Role of the public relations practitioner Key roles for PR: Managerial Operational Reflective (role of analysing changing social values to adjust to organisations‚ standards and values of social responsibility and is aimed at influencing the dominant coalition). Educational (aims to increase communication competence of employees). • Systems theory works on a basis that everything in the social world is part of a system that interacts with other systems on that
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Public Relations and Marketing Both Public Relations and Marketing are very popular and useful majors in American universities. However‚ many people are not able to distinguish the differences between them because they have similar functions for a company. What is more‚ some companies set up a Marketing Department and ask the department to do the Public Relations tasks. According to what I learned from college‚ I would like to say that Public Relations is necessary for a successful company
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Advertising roles and type: * Identification :advertising identifies a product and/or the store was sold . in the earliest years ‚and this goes back as far as ancient time ‚advertising focused identifying a product and where it was sold . * Information : advertising provides information about the product .advances in printing technology at the beginning of the renaissance spurred literacy and brought an explosion of printed materials in the forms of posters handbills and newspapers . *
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Promotion Promotion is all about offer free coupon‚ discount‚ voucher‚ and so on. It is a tool that can incentive the market sell in short term period. “Sell promotion is an incentives designed tool to stimulate the purchase or sale of a product‚ usually in the short term (Smashiq‚ 2008)”. So it is used to accelerate short-term sales and also building brand awareness and encouraging repeat buying. However there are some promotion strategies that KFC Company normally will uses included printable
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The labor relations process includes managers and unions representing employees’ best interests. If employees are not represented by an union‚ the employer has the opportunity to individually bargain with the employee. The three basic assumptions underlying the labor relations process in the United States includes recognition of the legitimate rights and responsibilities of union and management representatives‚ negotiation of the labor agreement‚ including appropriate strategies‚ tactics‚ and impasse
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