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Establishing good relationships with important publics is an investment. Managing this is the job of public relations.


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Convergence and integrated communication

In leading organizations, public relations and marketing and sales have all arrived at an open systems approach.

  Public relations Marketing Sales
begin
1980's
'two-way, symmetrical'*
— dialogue, mutual solutions
'social responsibility'*
— customers are broadly defined, sustainability is a priority
'relationship selling'*
— dialogue, sensitive, flexible, partners, follow-through is a priority
begin
1960's
'two-way, asymmetrical'
— research, persuasion
'marketing'
— customer orientation, profitable volume
 
begin
1930's
'public information'
— journalism, credibility
'sales'
— hard sell
'traditional selling'
— one-sided, canned approach, closing is the priority
before
1930
'press agentry'
— promotion, publicity
'production'
— 'build a better mousetrap'
 

(A mix of these models will be present in many settings.)

Organizations do not exist in a vacuum. An open systems approach helps them manage within a context of social and political realities. At the same time, it promotes integrated communication.

* Adapted from two excellent references — Excellence in Public Relations and Communication Management, edited by James E. Grunig, and Relationship Selling by Jim Cathcart.

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