Pr Strategy And Application: Managing Influence (Paperback - 2009)

About the Book
PR Strategy and Application is a comprehensive and accessible text that situates Public Relations in a 21^st century context; as a set of tools not just for corporations but for the activist, the diplomat, the crisis manager, the homeland security officer, as well as the advertising executive and the reputation manager.

• Winner of the 2010 PRIDE award given by the PR Division of the National Communication Association

• Gives detailed treatment of how activists have used public relations including a consideration of how activists have been important to the historical develop of PR

• Argues for a move away from a corporate-centric view of public relations and for public relations to be seen as the management of mutually-influential relationships

• Emphasizes the importance of stakeholder expectations in shaping organizational actions and being a foundation for discussions between organizations and stakeholders

• Emphasizes the perspective that stakeholders and organizations are linked together in a complex networks rather that a series of separate relationships

• Accompanying website includes chapter outlines, a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and useful links for students and teachers

Visit the further resources website for student and instructor materials at www.wiley.com/go/coombs