The rapid pace of change in the world demands that companies and organisations realign themselves to market conditions at an ever increasing pace. In these transformation processes, internal communication plays a crucial role. This paper analyses the classical forms of internal communication,...

Global companies and organisations have to be increasingly fast-moving and flexible, in order to react to market changes as rapidly as possible. This places demands upon internal communication, as strategic decisions have to be communicated to the employees. This must be done quickly in order to...

One of the most important challenges of our society is to cope with the transition of our society into a more and more digital one. Thus, the political and governmental system has to face and adapt to those transitions as well. This chapter focuses on the social media communication of the...

In today’s media society, political communications play an essential role within the scope of politics. It has become a necessity for political actors in modern democracies to inform and involve citizens in the process of political decision-making, as there is a need for legitimisation towards...

"[…] to exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." (Bergson, 1911: 7). Whilst these words were originally referring to "a conscious being" (Bergson, 2011: 7), they can also be applied to organisations. They are facing new threats and...

Global, fast-moving societies also require organizations to provide increasingly flexible structures and thinking patterns. This not only applies to commercial corporations and companies, but also ministries, such as the German Federal Foreign Office (FFO). Referring first to Change, Network and...

To remain competitive in a more and more interactive world, organisations need to align their actions with new social developments. The main role of Public Relations (PR) is to seek legitimacy to act not only to external stakeholders of an organisation, but also to the internal ones. Social...