Publisher's Synopsis
Despite recent international expansion in the public relations industry, PR is still often regarded as peripheral to the overall tasks of a successful organization. Yet a well-executed public relations programme can play a vital and strategic role within many different types of organizations. "Public Relations In Practice" presents a complete picture of PR work, and provides a guide to its use which will be beneficial to senior company executives, as well as to students and practitioners of PR.;The book contains 14 case histories of effective PR campaigns and looks at the strategic thinking that lay behind them. Choosing from a wide range of examples - from British Telecom to Barnardos, from Shell UK to the government of Brunei - it illustrates what public relations can offer a company and the variety of strategic uses to which it can be put.
