Strategic Communication for Organizations

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-520-29852-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 642 g

Strategic Communication for Organizations elucidates the emerging research on strategic communication, particularly as it operates in a variety of organizational settings. This book, appropriate for both students and practitioners, emphasizes how theory and research from the field of communication studies can be used to support and advance organizations of all types across a variety of business sectors.

Grounded in scholarship and organizational cases, this textbook: - focuses on message design
- provides introductory yet comprehensive coverage of how strategy and message design enable effective organizational and corporate communication
- explores how theory and research can be synthesized to inform modern communication-based campaigns
Strategic Communication for Organizations will help readers discuss how to develop, implement, and evaluate messages that are consistent with an organization’s needs, mission, and vision, effectively reaching and influencing internal and external audiences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

LaBelle, Sara

Waldeck, Jennifer H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmenskommunikation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: What to Expect from This Book

PART ONE:

Foundations of Strategic
Communication

1. An Introduction to Strategic Communication
2. Organizational Types and Structures
3. Mission Statements, Organizational Identity
and Image, and Branding
4. Communication Ethics

PART TWO:

Creating, Implementing, and Evaluating
Strategic Messages

5. Organizational Goals and Objectives
6. Selecting and Understanding the Target
Audience
7. Developing and Designing Messages: Using
Persuasion Theory and Evidence-Based
Principles
8. Selecting Channels
9. Cultural Diversity and Stakeholder
Awareness
10. Implementing Campaigns
11. Evaluating Campaigns

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sara LaBelle is Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at Chapman University. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in strategic and corporate communication, she has published research on health information campaigns and the teaching-learning process.

Jennifer H. Waldeck is Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Chapman University. She has published four books and conducts research in organizational and instructional communication. She has provided consulting services for numerous organizations.