Taking a new approach to strategic corporate communication, this book provides students and practitioners with the tools needed to understand what makes a successful communication strategy and how to implement it. It features global case studies from a wide range of business sectors to link theory and models with real world practice.
Examines why corporations communicate strategically, how a communication strategy is formulated, what similarities corporate communication strategies and political communication strategies share (and how they differ) and differences between corporate communication and PR strategy
‘Reverse engineering' approach structured around international case studies to help students understand how theory and practice are linked
Case studies featuring prominent companies like Toyota and the Absolut Company, and a wide range of business sectors and countries including the UK, the US, Japan, Australia and Scandinavia
Demonstrates the depth and breadth of relationships that companies build in the manufacture and marketing of products and services as wide-ranging as cars and toothpaste
Coverage of how different strategies and models fit with new and emerging business sectors