TY - BOOK AU - Kitchen,Philip J. TI - Public relations: principles and practice SN - 1861520913 AV - HM263 .K5 1997 PY - 2010/// CY - London, Boston PB - International Thomson Business Press KW - Public relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-320) and index; Introduction and overview of public relations -- The role of public relations in organisations -- The evolution of public relations: principles and practice -- A strategic perspective for public relations -- The internal communications context -- Public relations: the external public's context -- External public relations activities -- Corporate social responsibility: linking behaviour with reputation -- Financial and investor public relations -- Government and lobbying activities -- Corporate advertising: the generic image -- Issue and crisis management: fail-safe procedures -- The interaction between public relations and marketing -- The emergence of marketing PR -- Developing a research framework: inductive vs deductive? -- Measuring the success rate: evaluating the process and PR programmes -- Role and function: principles and practice revisited. ER -