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The way in which companies communicate with stakeholders during a crisis event

Assignment Solutions, Case study Answer sheets <br>Project Report and Thesis contact<br>aravind.banakar@gmail.com<br>www.mbacasestudyanswers.com<br>ARAVIND – 09901366442 – 09902787224<br><br>Business Communication<br><br>CASE STUDY (20 Marks)<br>The way in which companies communicate with stakeholders during a crisis event is rapidly changing with the 24hour access provided by the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Public relations practitioners and other communication executives are struggling to craft messages and maintain control of the flow of messages within this dynamic landscape. As Schiller (2007) explains, in “times of crisis, while corporate communication executives are preparing manicured statements, customers are [simultaneously] blogging, emailing and posting photos out of rage and desperation because the very people who should be listening to them aren’t” Bell (2010) asserts that stakeholders become “interpretive communities in organizational crisis contexts,” capable of cultivating an organization’s reputation through information they receive in cyberspace. Social media allow stakeholders to control when, where, and how “reputational meanings are born and disseminated” as “an organization’s reputation is built on the stories formed by stakeholders and spread within networks” .Nowhere is this dynamic between organizations and their publics more apparent than on video sharing sites, such as YouTube, that encourage citizens and bloggers to be the co producers of messages.<br><br>Answer the following question.<br>Q1. How important is speed of response rate in a digital world, particularly when an organization is facing a crisis situation?<br><br>Q2. Give an overview of the case.<br>Assignment Solutions, Case study Answer sheets <br>Project Report and Thesis contact<br>aravind.banakar@gmail.com<br>www.mbacasestudyanswers.com<br>ARAVIND – 09901366442 – 09902787224<br><br><br>

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The way in which companies communicate with stakeholders during a crisis event

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  1. Business CommunicationDr. Aravind Banakar9901366442 – 9902787224

  2. Business Communication CASE STUDY (20 Marks) The way in which companies communicate with stakeholders during a crisis event is rapidly changing with the 24hour access provided by the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Public relations practitioners and other communication executives are struggling to craft messages and maintain control of the flow of messages within this dynamic landscape. As Schiller (2007) explains, in “times of crisis, while corporate communication executives are preparing manicured statements, customers are [simultaneously] blogging, emailing and posting photos out of rage and desperation because the very people who should be listening to them aren’t” Bell (2010) asserts that stakeholders become “interpretive communities in organizational crisis contexts,” capable of cultivating an organization’s reputation through information they receive in cyberspace.

  3. Social media allow stakeholders to control when, where, and how “reputational meanings are born and disseminated” as “an organization’s reputation is built on the stories formed by stakeholders and spread within networks” .Nowhere is this dynamic between organizations and their publics more apparent than on video sharing sites, such as YouTube, that encourage citizens and bloggers to be the co producers of messages.

  4. Answer the following question. Q1. How important is speed of response rate in a digital world, particularly when an organization is facing a crisis situation? Q2. Give an overview of the case.

  5. Global Study Solutions Dr. Aravind Banakar aravind.banakar@gmail.com www.mbacasestudyanswers.com 9901366442 – 9902787224

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