Question

1. Discuss five main reasons Public Relations is said to be a management function. 2. Forty-six people have died after consuming a product of your company. As the head of the Public Relations Department of the company you are to engage the media on the issue in order to reduce panic. Discuss some media relations management tips with your team before

Answer 1

Answer 1=The main reasons are as below=

1. PR is mainly active in evaluating the attitude of the public, looking and developing the policies and methods to influence this attitude

2. PR is the act of anticipating and predicting the response of the public and how to mitigate the negative attitude

3. PR has to work with the planning, implementing and controlling the various activities of effective communication with mass

4. PR is responsible for making a good relationship with the different stakeholders and thus has the relationship-building task

5. PR has to evaluate and manage its operations time to time and match with the competitor’s action

Answer 2=In the given situation som of the tips are as below=

The team needs to be composed and be logical and facilitate the sympathetic response towards those who lost their lives and their near and dears

The team has to come up with the proper reasoning and response to be taken by the company

The team has to be well prepared about the possible questions that can be raised by the media

The team has to develop an effective communication strategy so that they can defend the attack of the media and provide a rationale for the incidence or have an approach so that the anger can be reduced

The team must develop a countermeasure to show that the company is taking action to resolve the issue

The team has to try to build trust in the company by highlighting the past performance and quality of its operations and products