Public administration deals with
the organization of government
policies and programs and
behavior of officials who are
responsible for this conduct.
The goal of public administration
is to ensure that all the
government bodies’ functions
normally and there is no
corruption in handling of
government activities.
Public administration seeks to
improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of public services
and ensure that members of
the general public gains what
are needed from their use of
public services.
Public Relations as “deliberate
planned and sustained effort to
establish and maintain mutual
understanding between an
organization and its publics.”
“Management of
communication between an
organization and its publics”
(Grunigand Hunt, 1984).
“public relations is concern
with or devoted to create
mutual understanding
among groups and
institutions.”
Communication is
abstract and like
other words,
possesses multiple
meaning (Dance and
Carlson, 1976)
The goal of communication
is to inform, persuade,
motivate, and achieve
mutual understanding
between the sender and
the target receiver.
Communicationis the activity of
conveying information.
(Wikipedia)
COMMUNICATION THEORIES
APPLIED TO PUBLIC
RELATIONS
LASSWELL THEORY
AGENDA-SETTING
MCLUHAN
TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM
SERVICE CYCLE OF PR
PUBLIC RELATIONS
TO PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
The underlying principle of
public administration is
management in the public
sphere similar role in the
private sector.
The characteristic that
differentiates the public and
private sectors is the role
and power of media and the
importance of external
communication as an
element of management.
For the business sector,
cooperating with the news media
and engaging in external
communications is a choice.
For public administrators it is a
requirement.
Freedom of the press and freedom
of information laws require civil
servants to be accountable to the
media and the public-at-large and
must be transparent unlike in
private sectors.
(Fairbanks, Plowman, & Rawlins, 2007; Liu &
Horsley, 2007; Roberts, 2006; Graber,
2003).
According to Peters (2009, Journal of Public
Affairs Education-JPAE)
MPA students must have public
relations training, focused on
strategic communications
(Raphael and Nesbary, 2005),
one of three civic skills that public
managers needed
(Kirlin, 2005)
Klingnerand Washington (2000)
identified “the need to find
ways to influence public
policy decisions” as part of
a global approach to public
administration training
Aristigueta(1997)
emphasized the
importance of
interpersonal
communication skills,
which encompasses, of
course, external
communications
TWO CATEGORIES
OF GOVERNMENT PR
PRAGMATIC
DEMOCRACY
RESPONSIBILITIES OF
PUBLIC RELATIONS IN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
MONITORING MEDIA
COVERAGE
BRIEFING AND ADVISING
POLITICAL OFFICIALS
MANAGING MEDIA
RELATIONS
INFORMING
THE
PUBLIC
DIRECTLY
SHARING INFORMATION
ACROSS THE
ADMINISTRATION
Formulating
communication
strategies and
campaigns
RESEARCHING
AND ASSESSING
PUBLIC OPINION
FUNCTIONS OF PR
IN GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATION
MEDIA
RELATIONS
PUBLIC
REPORTING
RESPONSIVENESS
TO THE PUBLIC
INCREASING
THE
UTILIZATION
OF SERVICES
AND
PRODUCTS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
AND PUBLIC SERVICE
CAMPAIGNS
SEEKING PUBLIC
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
AND REGULATIONS
USING
THE PUBLIC
AS THE
EYES AND
EARS
OF AN
AGENCY
INCREASING
PUBLIC
SUPPORT
LEGISLATIVE
RELATIONS
Program
ELEMENTS
PRESS KIT
(PRINT AND
ELECTRONIC)
DEVELOP MEDIA
LISTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
“TREND” PRESS RELEASES
FEATURE STORY RELEASES
B-ROLL OR VIDEO NEWS RELEASES
WEBCASTS
MEDIA TRAINING FOR
SPOKESPERSONS
BECOMING
A SOURCE
PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
“OP-ED”
(OPINION
EDITOR)
ARTICLES
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
PRESS
CONFERENCES
MEDIA
TOURS
PRESS
CLIPPING
SERVICES
“RIDING”
A NEWS
STORY
SPECIAL
EVENTS
TRADE
SHOWS
SPEECH
WRITING
PHOTO
GRAPHY
AUDIO
TAPES
FOR
RADIO
INTERNET
MONITORING
COMMUNITY
MEETINGS
QUARTERLY
NEWSLETTERS
PR CAMPAIGN
MEASUREMENT
Wh
y
ISIMPORTANT?
Media coverage
increases credibility
Media coverage helps you
attract "quality" prospects
Media coverage makes
you a player
Coverage in
publications or on
TV can make your
organization look
much larger than it
is.
TYPES
PUBLIC SAFETY
EMERGENCIES
ISSUE
CRISIS
POTENTIAL
ISSUE CRISIS
THINGS TO DO
IN A CRISIS
COMMUNICATION
ASSESS
THE
CRISIS
IDENTIFY THE LEVELS
OF AUDIENCES
ASSEMBLE A CRISIS
COMMUNICATION
TEAM
IDENTIFY YOUR CRISIS
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
IDENTIFY
SPOKESPERSONS
SPOKESPERSON
TRAINING
ESTABLISH
NOTIFICATION
SYSTEMS
IDENTIFY AND KNOW
YOUR STAKEHOLDERS
ANTICIPATE
CRISIS
DEVELOP HOLDING
STATEMENTS
ASSESS
THE CRISIS
SITUATION
SWOT analysis
(alternately SLOT analysis)
is a strategic planningmethod used to
evaluate the...
•Strengths
•Weaknesses/Limitations
•Opportunities and
•Threats
involved in a projector in a business
venture.
It involves specifying the
objective of the business
venture or project and
identifying the internal and
external factors that are
favorable and unfavorable
to achieve the objective.
The technique is credited to
Albert Humphrey, who led a
convention at stanford
university in the 1960s and
1970s using data from Fortune
500companies.
Review the set
objectives after the
SWOT analysis.
This would allow achievable
goals or objectives for the
organization
STRENGTHS:
characteristics of the business, or
project team that gave advantage
over others
WEAKNESSES OR LIMITATIONS:
are characteristics that place the team
at a disadvantage relative to others
externalchances to improve
performance
(e.g. make greater profits)
in the environment
THREATS:
externalelements in the
environment that could
cause trouble for the
business or project
MATCHING
AND
CONVERTING
INTERNAL
AND
EXTERNAL
FACTORS
USE OF
SWOT
ANALYSIS
CRITICISM
OF SWOT
SWOT-
LANDSCAPE
ANALYSIS
IDENTIFY
KEY
MESSAGES
MEDIA POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES
PRACTRICING TOUGH
QUESTIONS
DON’T
TALK OFF
THE
RECORDS
COLLATERAL
MATERIALS
KEY
AUDIENCES
CONTACT
LOG
DEVELOPING
YOUR PLAN
BLUE PRINT
PRE-CRISIS
INITIAL
PHASE
CRISIS
MAINTENANCE
PHASE
EVALUATION
PHASE
EXECUTION OF
CRISIS
COMMUNICATION
PLAN
1.Signed
endorsement
from the
director
2.Designate
staff
responsibilities
3.Information verification and
clearance or release
procedures
4.Agreements on information
releaseauthorities
5. Media contact list
6. Procedures to
coordinate with public
organization response
teams