CORPORATE COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS HANDBOOK

This handbook provides an overview of the state of art on corporate communication and public relations theory and practice. It is intended for both students and practitioners in the field.
The first chapter focuses on the strategic role that corporate communication and public relations play in supporting organizations to reach their mission and their economic and social goals. The following six chapters describe the methods and techniques needed to perform the most important specialized services of corporate communication and public relations such as internal communication, crisis communication management, global public relations, marketing communication and public affairs, advocacy and lobbying. Finally, the last two chapters are devoted to particularly important entrepreneurial and managerial dimensions of the profession: content creation for corporate narratives and measurement of communication outcomes. This handbook responds to the educational needs of students while also meeting the professional development demands of practitioners who want to adapt their preparation to the increasingly strategic role that communication and public relations play in organizations. It is especially aimed at those interested in learning more about theory, methods, tools, and techniques of the communication profession, in relation to its operational but also strategic, managerial and entrepreneurial dimensions.
Emanuele Invernizzi is Director of of the Executive Master of Corporate Public Relations of IULM University and Senior Partner of Coreconsulting spa, Milano.
Stefania Romenti is Professor of Strategic Communication and Director of the Research Center for Strategic Communication (CECOMS) at IULM University, Milano.