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The Strategic Role of Communication in Management

Falkheimer, Jesper LU ; Invernizzi, Emanuele ; Romenti, Stefania and Siano, Alfonso (2024) In Sinergie – Italian Journal of Management 42(3). p.11-18
Abstract
The concept of strategic communication represents a significant shift from that of corporate communication and, as several scholars have argued (Hallahan et al., 2007; Vercic and Zerfass, 2017), represents a new paradigm useful for interpreting the broadening content of communication and the evolving role it plays in complex organizations. Role which becomes strategic as it increasingly tends to support top management and directors of other business functions in achieving their overall strategic goals. In fact, the concept of corporate communication is used to identify the set of different communication activities that aims to achieve specific audiences and/or objectives such as avoiding or overcoming crises, engaging internal or external... (More)
The concept of strategic communication represents a significant shift from that of corporate communication and, as several scholars have argued (Hallahan et al., 2007; Vercic and Zerfass, 2017), represents a new paradigm useful for interpreting the broadening content of communication and the evolving role it plays in complex organizations. Role which becomes strategic as it increasingly tends to support top management and directors of other business functions in achieving their overall strategic goals. In fact, the concept of corporate communication is used to identify the set of different communication activities that aims to achieve specific audiences and/or objectives such as avoiding or overcoming crises, engaging internal or external stakeholders, improving the visibility of brands, people, products or services. The overall goal that corporate communication aims to achieve, through the set of its initiatives, is to develop and consolidate the organization’s reputation.... to be continued (Less)
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keywords
communication management, strategic communication, management
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Sinergie – Italian Journal of Management
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42
issue
3
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11 - 18
publisher
Fondazione Cueim
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  • scopus:85211360514
ISSN
0393-5108
DOI
10.7433/s125.2024.01
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English
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514312dc-2690-4f40-83cf-9db05414e9bf
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https://ojs.sijm.it/index.php/sinergie/issue/view/101/62
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  title        = {{The Strategic Role of Communication in Management}},
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