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Conclusion
What is Corporate Communications?
To present a favourable image/reputation of an organisation: image is a mental picture that people form
when they come into contact with organisation, a product or a service. e.g. (premises). (positive, negative,
confused).
To prevent conflicts and build stronger relations with the publics/stakeholders: conduct research to know
issues that are dear to the employees and report same to management
To encourage two-way communication: generate feedback, by opening lines of communication, encourage
management to address issues promptly.
To communicate the social philosophy of the organisation: mission and vision of your organisation. Corporate
communications department should also have its mission and vision statement.
Clarity, objectivity, consistency, completeness, relevance, truthfulness, fact finding etc.
Objectives of corporate communications
Any disadvantages ?
Major causes of internal friction (other departments)
Marketing department
Advertising department
Human Resource department
Administration
Operations
Registrar's office (university setup)