Corporate communications are now hugely important in the success of companies and organizations. Using cases and examples from companies such as The Body Shop, Texaco, Johnson & Johnson, BP Oil & British Airways the authors introduce the framework necessary to analyze corporate communications strategies and provide clear practical guidelines for successful implementation. This book should be of interest to anyone involved in corporate communications, public relations or public affairs, especially those working in multi-national or global organizations.

Table of Contents

Raising the Corporate Umbrella: The 21st Century Need Talking Heads: CEO as Spokesperson Organisational Learning: Interaction Between Marketing, Public Relations, and Management Balancing Corporate Branding Policies in Multibusiness Companies. The Role of Integrated Communication and Integrated Marketing Communication Corporate Branding and Advertising Spanning the Global Environment Marketing Public Relations Crisis Communication Management: Protecting and Enhancing Corporate Reputation and Identity Takeover/Merger: The Jaws Mentality Visioning and Intellectual Capital Corporate and Marketing Communications: Interaction + Integration = Synergy

About the Author

PHILIP J.KITCHEN is the Martin Naughton Professor of Business Strategy, specialising in Marketing, at the Queen's University Management School, Belfast. - DON E.SCHULTZ is Professor on Integrated Marketing Communications at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. - Both authors travel extensively, teaching and giving papers at marketing communication conferences and events throughout Europe, UK, Ireland, United States, New Zealand and Israel.

Prizes

PROFESSOR CEES B.M. VAN RIEL and GUIDO BERENS, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands JIM GARRITY Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing, First Union Corporation, USA ANDERS GRONSTEDT Sweden TOM HARRIS author of Marketing Public Relations, Prentice Hall, 1995 JIM LUKASZEWSKI, author, lecturer, trainer, counsellor, and public speaker MARYLIN ROBERTS, University of Florida, US SHEKAR SWAMY President R.K. Swamy/BBDO, India DR. RICHARD VAREY Salford University, United Kingdom. PROFESSOR TED ZORN, Chair of Management Communication, Waikato University, New Zealand