Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:15:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Simone Ribeiro de Oliveira Bambini.pdf: 881601 bytes, checksum: e8289890d994387a2778c548d311fb2c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-30 / The corporate culture tends to ignore that the human body exchanges information with the environment where it is inserted and, consequently, it becomes a bodymedia (KATZ & GREINER) between the communication process and its surroundings. At the same time, the conduct regarding to the employees has been reconfigured due to the fact that the body was discovered as a powerful advertising agent. The body has gained a major representation within the business speech, and the companies have held the employees body beyond the geographic limits. As a result, the delimitations between leisure and labor have become a blur. The target project focus on the body role in the organizational communication, and as part of this understanding the body is considered as a container in which the information is supposed to be deposited and retransmitted. According to this point of view, the organizational culture deals with the employees body as a transmission mechanism of the public image which is desired to be disseminated. The aim of the project is to investigate how the internal communication becomes part of the biopolitics that heads us nowadays. As a result, the internal communication gains external visibility when the employees bodies are used as a relevant agent that maintains a close relation with the values that guide the consumer world (LIPOVETSKY & SERROY, 2011). The methodology includes a bibliography review and an exploratory research by means of interviews with doctors directly linked to the companies Unilever, Johnson & Johnson and Editora Abril and also with doctors who are not linked to those companies. It also has some theoretical reference based on the works by Giorgio Agamben (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009); Esposito (2007, 2009, 2010), the Bodymedia Theory (KATZ & GREINER, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013), Damásio (1998, 2000, 2004); Pinker (2004) the understanding of happiness according to Freire Filho (2011) and Richard Sennett (2006, 2011) / As organizações empresariais tendem a ignorar que o corpo humano, porque troca informações com os ambientes nos quais vive, torna-se corpomídia (KATZ & GREINER) dos processos de comunicação com o seu entorno. Ao mesmo tempo, porque descobriram o corpo como um poderoso agente publicitário, vêm reconfigurando suas condutas com relação a seus funcionários. O corpo ganhou maior representatividade no discurso empresarial e as empresas se apossaram dos corpos dos seus funcionários fora dos seus limites geográficos, materializando que as delimitações entre trabalho e lazer se borraram. Este projeto faz do papel do corpo na comunicação da cultura empresarial o seu objeto e parte da hipótese de que por entender o corpo como um recipiente no qual as informações são depositadas para serem retransmitidas, a cultura empresarial lida com o corpo de seus funcionários como um mecanismo de transmissão da imagem pública que deseja propagar. O objetivo é investigar como a comunicação interna se torna parte da biopolítica que hoje nos governa, ganhando visibilidade externa ao fazer do corpo de seus funcionários um agente relevante nessa operação, que mantém estreita relação com os valores que pautam o mundo do consumo (LIPOVETSKY & SERROY, 2011). A metodologia reúne revisão bibliográfica e uma pesquisa exploratória com médicos diretamente vinculados às empresas Unilever, Johnson & Johnson e Editora Abril e médicos a elas não vinculados, realizada através de entrevistas, tendo como principais referências teóricas as obras de Giorgio Agamben (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009); Esposito (2007, 2009, 2010), a Teoria Corpomídia (KATZ & GREINER, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013), Damásio (1998, 2000, 2004); Pinker (2004) o entendimento de felicidade de Freire Filho (2011) e Richard Sennett (2006, 2011)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:18:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Laercio Gomes Bastos.pdf: 7639969 bytes, checksum: dfeb3bfe20f8e2d805a31c1b3c19d4eb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-17 / This research aimed to study the motivating potential of corporate videos and symbolic assemblages that occur through this kind of audiovisual media. We intended to classify the different approaches and persuasive strategies in order to build the mapping of the symbolic universe inherent in corporate culture, since this is the environment where the corporate motivational video is produced and presented. We tried to identify the reasons why the language patterns for this kind of video have remained unchanged in the recent years despite of the advances of the technologies of intelligence. Mainly supported by the studies by Joseph Nuttin, Cecilia Bergamini, Pierre Lévy, Lucia Santaella and Harry Pross, this study examines the symbolic and ritual assemblages surrounding the creation, production and presentation of corporate motivational videos through the theoretical approach of psychology, semiotics and media. This work wishes to provide new points of view for motivation in corporative organizations / A presente pesquisa objetivou estudar o potencial motivacional dos vídeos corporativos e os agenciamentos simbólicos que ocorrem por meio desse gênero de audiovisual. Procurou-se classificar as diferentes abordagens e estratégias persuasivas, de modo a construir a cartografia do universo simbólico inerente à cultura corporativa, uma vez que este é o ambiente pelo qual os vídeos corporativos motivacionais são produzidos e apresentados. Este estudo buscou identificar as razões pelas quais os modelos de linguagens deste gênero de vídeo, mantêm-se inalterados nos últimos anos frente aos avanços referentes às tecnologias da inteligência, podendo ser considerados atrasados em relação a sua contemporaneidade. Apoiado principalmente nos estudos de Joseph Nuttin, Cecília Bergamini, Pierre Lévy, Lucia Santaella e Harry Pross, esta dissertação analisa os agenciamentos simbólicos e rituais que circundam a criação, produção e apresentação dos vídeos corporativos motivacionais, através da abordagem teórica da psicologia, semiótica e das mídias. O trabalho propõe um novo olhar para a motivação nas organizações

Developing internal communication in fast-changing organizations is a current topic, which seems to exercise the minds of corporate people in different positions. Well-functioning internal communication and business success seem to be strongly linked. It motivates people, and only people who are motivated and enthusiastic about their work are able to perform well in their jobs and to secure the success of their employers. The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of internal communications and how employees perceive it in fast-changing organizations. An understanding of internal communication and its development was searched by concentrating in selected essential internal communication areas in organizations, internal corporate communication function and internal communication channels. The focus was on fast-changing organizations due to the fact that the development of internal communication does not usually go hand in hand with other organization development and business growth but tends to drag behind. The theoretical framework was formed of internal communication in general, internal communication development, internal communication in fast-changing organizations, internal communication in different organizational areas, internal corporate communicationas a function and internal communication channels. The most valid internal communication areas were selected to be management communication, team and supervisor communication and interdepartmental communication. The theoretical framework presented the dilemmas and characteristics that can occur among the issue of internal communication development. In order to achieve the determined objectives, a quantitative study was conducted. The survey named “Internal communications at the company x” with three different forms of questions was carried out in the case company. The topic was scrutinized from theperspective of a case company and aimed to find out employees’ perceptions. The web-based survey focused on the selected issues concerning internal communication and its development. Questionnaires were sent out to the employees of the case company’s European organization and 94 responses were received. The collected data was analyzed against the theoretical framework, and with the help of analysis conclusions and managerial implications regarding this study were drawn. It was discovered that by developing these internal communication areas together, fast-changing organizations succeed better in internal communication and consequently in other operations. In fast-changing organizations, careful attention needs to be paid especially to the amount of management, supervisor and interdepartmental communication. Communication especially about company situation and financial and sales situation should be increased. Employees value open, systematic, clear and well-organized communication. Development of interdepartmental communication processes is vital in order to improve knowledge sharing across the company and consequently business performance. It is essential that all members of work community understand their responsibility to communicate. Internal corporate communications function should teach that and provide good communication tools for all employees, especially intranet, e-mail and possibilities to face to face meetings and versatile feedback sessions. Efforts to equalize communication between locations, departments and teams need to be taken.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2017-01-16T19:00:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Maria Dantas de Maio.pdf: 2517558 bytes, checksum: ef634cbd5c9d696e9051da9c51bb81da (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-16T19:00:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Maria Dantas de Maio.pdf: 2517558 bytes, checksum: ef634cbd5c9d696e9051da9c51bb81da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-02 / This study addresses face-to-face communications in organizations according to different theoretical approaches. It considers the perspective of simultaneous occurrence of different forms of communication, since enterprises use different channels to interact with its various publics of interest. It takes into account the mediatization phenomenon, which restructures the way in which people relate with each other in contemporary society. The general aim of the research is to systematize roles that are potentially played in face-to-face interaction and to determine some of the circumstances that apply to its practice in organizations. Since this is a theoretical dissertation, bibliographical survey stands out as one of its main methodological procedures; analyses of empirical cases and a case study developed at Embrapa Pantanal constitute illustrative instances. The conclusion is that face-to-face communication occurs in enterprises simultaneously and combined with other communication channels, however, allowing practical and philosophical results as of yet scarcely explored. Only seldom is in person contact used strategically as a mechanism for establishing relationships, finding out the reaction of others and adjusting communications accordingly, linking corporate discourse to practice and evaluating the context within which interactions take place, which can be decisive for corporate communication. / Este estudo trata da comunicação face a face nas organizações sob diferentes abordagens teóricas. Considera a perspectiva da simultaneidade dos meios, já que as empresas utilizam diversos canais para dialogar com seus públicos de interesse. Leva em conta o fenômeno da midiatização, que reestrutura o modo como as pessoas se relacionam na sociedade contemporânea. O objetivo geral da pesquisa é sistematizar papeis potencialmente exercidos pela interação face a face e conhecer algumas circunstâncias que envolvem sua prática nas organizações. Por se tratar de uma tese teórica, a pesquisa bibliográfica se apresenta como um dos principais procedimentos metodológicos; análises de casos empíricos e um estudo de caso desenvolvido na Embrapa Pantanal constituem situações ilustrativas. Conclui-se que a comunicação face a face nas empresas ocorre de forma simultânea e combinada a outros canais de comunicação, porém, ela proporciona resultados práticos e filosóficos ainda pouco explorados. É rara a utilização estratégica de contatos presenciais como mecanismo para estabelecer relacionamentos, conhecer as reações alheias e ajustar a comunicação, aliar o discurso corporativo às práticas empresariais e avaliar o contexto onde se desenvolvem as interações, o que pode ser decisivo para a comunicação organizacional.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2016-08-19T00:23:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Maria Dantas de Maio.pdf: 2517558 bytes, checksum: ef634cbd5c9d696e9051da9c51bb81da (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-19T00:23:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Maria Dantas de Maio.pdf: 2517558 bytes, checksum: ef634cbd5c9d696e9051da9c51bb81da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-22 / This study addresses face-to-face communications in organizations according to different theoretical approaches. It considers the perspective of simultaneous occurrence of different forms of communication, since enterprises use different channels to interact with its various publics of interest. It takes into account the mediatization phenomenon, which restructures the way in which people relate with each other in contemporary society. The general aim of the research is to systematize roles that are potentially played in face-to-face interaction and to determine some of the circumstances that apply to its practice in organizations. Since this is a theoretical dissertation, bibliographical survey stands out as one of its main methodological procedures; analyses of empirical cases and a case study developed at Embrapa Pantanal constitute illustrative instances. The conclusion is that face-to-face communication occurs in enterprises simultaneously and combined with other communication channels, however, allowing practical and philosophical results as of yet scarcely explored. Only seldom is in person contact used strategically as a mechanism for establishing relationships, finding out the reaction of others and adjusting communications accordingly, linking corporate discourse to practice and evaluating the context within which interactions take place, which can be decisive for corporate communication. / Este estudo trata da comunicação face a face nas organizações sob diferentes abordagens teóricas. Considera a perspectiva da simultaneidade dos meios, já que as empresas utilizam diversos canais para dialogar com seus públicos de interesse. Leva em conta o fenômeno da midiatização, que reestrutura o modo como as pessoas se relacionam na sociedade contemporânea. O objetivo geral da pesquisa é sistematizar papeis potencialmente exercidos pela interação face a face e conhecer algumas circunstâncias que envolvem sua prática nas organizações. Por se tratar de uma tese teórica, a pesquisa bibliográfica se apresenta como um dos principais procedimentos metodológicos; análises de casos empíricos e um estudo de caso desenvolvido na Embrapa Pantanal constituem situações ilustrativas. Conclui-se que a comunicação face a face nas empresas ocorre de forma simultânea e combinada a outros canais de comunicação, porém, ela proporciona resultados práticos e filosóficos ainda pouco explorados. É rara a utilização estratégica de contatos presenciais como mecanismo para estabelecer relacionamentos, conhecer as reações alheias e ajustar a comunicação, aliar o discurso corporativo às práticas empresariais e avaliar o contexto onde se desenvolvem as interações, o que pode ser decisivo para a comunicação organizacional.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:29:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Milena de Jesus Cardinal.pdf: 348267 bytes, checksum: 814dc3390a0dbb3d2b27fec4e7a4b771 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The corporate communication evolves quickly, following changes in market, in communication and society itself. The management of relationships between customers and organizations became more complex and has made the professionals to pay attention in the new market realities. Given this new scenario, it is essential to prepare the professional to deal with social media, and it should start already at the time of the university training. For literature review, we used as main authors Bueno (2009), Scott (2008; 2011) and Terra (2011). Because they are relatively new subjects, semi-structured interviews with authors / researchers were done to verify the ideal situations of teaching organizational communication nowadays. Aiming to introduce conditions, perceptions and challenges of training the professional communication of Mato Grosso do Sul to work with business communication, were made semi-structured interviews with university teachers and closed with students, so we heeded especially for their knowledge and practices in these new environments of interaction. Among the final results are the need of training professional with extensive knowledge of the area of communication and organizations and conclusion that comprehensive training ensures the performance of it in any media. / A comunicação empresarial se desenvolve a passos largos, acompanhando as mudanças ocorridas no mercado, no universo da comunicação e na própria sociedade. A gestão do relacionamento com os públicos de interesse das organizações se tornou mais complexa e faz com que os profissionais da área atentem para as novas realidades do mercado. Em função desse novo cenário, é fundamental a capacitação do profissional para lidar com as mídias sociais, e ela deve se iniciar já no momento de sua formação universitária. Para a pesquisa bibliográfica, utilizamos como principais autores Bueno (2009), Scott (2008; 2011) e Terra (2011).Por serem assuntos relativamente novos, foram realizadas, ainda, entrevistas semiestruturadas com autores/pesquisadores da área para verificar as situações ideais do ensino da comunicação organizacional atuais. Com objetivo de apresentarmos as condições, percepções e desafios da formação do profissional da comunicação de Mato Grosso do Sul para trabalhar com a comunicação empresarial, foram feitas entrevistas semiestruturadas com os professores das faculdades e fechadas com os acadêmicos, de forma que demos atenção especial para seus conhecimentos e suas práticas nesses novos ambientes de interação. Dentre os resultados encontrados estão a necessidade da formação ampla do profissional com conhecimento da área da comunicação e organizações e a conclusão que essa formação integral garante à atuação dele em qualquer mídia/ferramenta.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:30:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jose Carlos Thomaz.pdf: 1251676 bytes, checksum: 9d1b8c97ccd3454324281b7eab54a296 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-19 / Corporate reputation has been considered as a resource that can represent a source of value for corporations, given the resources based view perspective. How to define and how to characterize corporate reputation have deserved attention from several authors throughout the last years. It s measurement hasn t been reaching a common-sense and the attributes that have been used for measuring are not always straightforward and useful to the managerial head of corporations in the light of managing this valuable resource. The proposal of this study was to define corporate reputation and to understand how it is built and further study its relation to the performance of corporations. Through theory revision it was decided to use the concept definition based on the theoretical approach of social expectation that uses formative indicators for its measurement. This choice is based, among other reasons, on the possibility to more directly manage variables that represent the concept and hence assist with the achievement of performance derived from reputation, as it is pointed out on the theory of strategy and finance, among others. The development of the study went through a deciding phase, when a scale for construct measuring was created that would fit to the Brazilian cultural reality. Previous research from the author showed that scales developed in other countries present difficulties for the interviewed understanding. Further, these scales present indicators that are distant from the Brazilian sociocultural reality. For this, the following methods where used: systematic revision of the literature, research of qualitative data in four focal groups, field surveys involving 3 successive samples with 379 subjects, and statistics treatment of data collected by the field survey. The second step of the study counted with 1,025 answers from employees from 12 surveyed companies and counted with 1,114 answers from clients from these companies. The surveyed companies are the food companies, the automobile assembler companies, hospitals, colleges and passenger airliner. Data was statistically treated by using the software SPSS. With this software factorial and correlation analysis were performed. Data was also treated by applying structural equations modeling techniques under the method of the partial least squared (PLS), as formative indicators have been used. For this latter treatment the software SmartPLS was used. In this phase of the study an adequate structural model built on formative indicators was obtained. It is concluded that the developed scale is a feasible alternative to the currently available scale. Further, its advantage is that it is built on formative indicators of the corporate reputation. These formative indicators are useful for the managerial head, as they indicate the strategic points of their actuation for construction and maintenance of the corporate reputation. It could be concluded that corporate communication and organizational identification are critical factors for the formation of corporate reputation. It could be also concluded that corporate reputation is a resource, which the corporate performance can take advantage from. / A reputação corporativa tem sido considerada um recurso que pode ser uma fonte de valor para as empresas. Como defini-la e como caracterizá-la tem merecido a atenção de vários autores ao longo dos últimos anos. Sua mensuração não tem encontrado um denominador comum e os atributos que têm servido às mensurações nem sempre são objetivos e úteis aos administradores das organizações, no sentido de gerenciar este recurso citado como valioso. Defini-la e entender como se compõe para, em seguida, estudar sua relação com o desempenho das organizações foi a proposta deste estudo. A partir da revisão da teoria optou-se pela definição para o conceito baseado na corrente teórica de expectativas sociais, que usa indicadores formativos para a sua mensuração. Esta escolha está baseada, entre outras razões, na possibilidade de se poder mais diretamente gerenciar as variáveis que representam o conceito e, podendo assim, potencializar a realização do desempenho derivado da reputação como é apontado na teoria de estratégia e finanças, entre outras. O desenvolvimento do estudo passou por uma fase crucial que foi o desenvolvimento de uma escala de mensuração do construto, que se ajustasse à realidade cultural brasileira, pois pesquisa anterior do autor mostrou que escalas desenvolvidas em outros países apresentam dificuldade de entendimento para os respondentes além de apresentar indicadores que se distanciam da realidade sóciocultural brasileira. Para isso, utilizou-se os seguintes métodos: revisão sistemática da literatura, levantamentos de dados qualitativos em quatro grupos focais, pesquisas de campo envolvendo coleta de dados em três amostragens sucessivas com 379 sujeitos e tratamento estatístico dos dados coletados na pesquisa de campo. A segunda etapa do estudo contou com respostas obtidas de 1.025 funcionários de 12 empresas e de 1.114 clientes dessas empresas. As empresas são indústrias alimentícias, montadoras de automóveis, hospitais, faculdades e de transporte aéreo de passageiros. Os dados foram tratados estatisticamente com o software SPSS, com o qual se fizeram análises de correlação e fatorial. Os dados foram tratados também com a aplicação das técnicas da modelagem de equações estruturais, sob o método dos mínimos quadrados parciais (PLS), dado que se trabalhou com indicadores formativos. Para esse tratamento foi utilizado o software SmartPLS. Nesta fase do estudo, pôde-se obter um modelo estrutural considerado adequado, composto por indicadores formativos. Concluiu-se que a escala desenvolvida é uma alternativa viável às escalas atualmente disponíveis, com a vantagem de ser constituída por indicadores formativos da reputação corporativa, úteis aos gestores por indicarem os pontos estratégicos de sua atuação para construção e manutenção da reputação da organização. Concluiu-se que a comunicação corporativa e a identificação organizacional são fatores críticos para a formação da reputação corporativa, a qual é um recurso que pode influenciar o desempenho das organizações. Verificou-se também que a reputação corporativa medida pelos indicadores formativos tem forte correlação positiva com o desempenho medido por indicadores subjetivos reflexivos.

Na medida em que o século XXI avança, a sociedade contemporânea passa por transformações socioculturais importantes que gradativamente a distanciam do contexto que caracterizou a modernidade-industrial. Entre outros desdobramentos da transição pós-moderna, a relação entre empresa, sociedade e comunicação se transforma. Uma das dimensões deste fenômeno é a emergência de um modelo específico de Responsabilidade Social Empresarial (RSE), denominado neste trabalho de modelo dinâmico-interativo de RSE. Fundamentado em uma abordagem políticocontratual, prevê um processo permanente de negociação por meio do qual as responsabilidades mútuas entre empresa e sociedade se definem dinamicamente. Paralelamente, a disseminação das novas tecnologias da comunicação e das redes propicia a emergência de um sistema informal de controle sobre as corporações o qual opera na esfera pública mediática por meio da mobilização política da sociedade civil. A este sistema emergente denominamos de governança corporativa extrainstitucional. Frente a estes dois processos, a prática da comunicação empresarial encara desafios que sinalizam para os limites do seu paradigma de origem funcionalista. Por conta disso, advoga-se pela necessidade de adoção de um novo paradigma para a comunicação empresarial capaz de reconhecê-la não mais como instrumento de gestão, mas como um processo social de construção de sentidos. Para identificar se e como o contexto de transição sociocultural é interpretado pelo mercado e qual é o seu eventual impacto nas práticas de comunicação empresarial, foi realizada pesquisa de campo que coletou dados em onze entrevistas em profundidade com dirigentes de comunicação de grandes empresas em operação no Brasil. O objetivo foi sintetizar uma teoria fundamentada nos dados capaz de dialogar com as proposições conceituais acima descritas. As conclusões do trabalho buscam comparar as constatações empíricas e teóricas, refletindo sobre os desafios e contribuições da comunicação empresarial no novo contexto da relação empresa-sociedade. / As the century XXI progresses, contemporary society gradually pass through important socio-cultural transformations which farther them from the context of modern-industrial society. Among other consequences of the postmodern transition, the relationship between business, society and communication transforms itself. One dimension of this phenomenon is the emergence of a specific model of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), named in this research as the interactive-dynamic model of CSR. Based on a political approach, this model provides a permanent process of negotiation through which mutual responsibilities between business and society are defined in a dynamic way. At the same time, the spread of new communication technologies and networks enables the emergence of an informal system of control over the corporations that operate in the public media sphere by political mobilization of civil society. This emerging system we named as extrainstitucional corporate governance. Regarding these two emerging processes, practice of corporate communication faces challenges that point to the limits of its original functionalist paradigm. Because of this, the author suggests the need of a new paradigm for the corporate communication capable of recognize itself no longer as a management tool, but as a social process of meaning construction. In order to identify whether and how the context of socio-cultural transition is understood by the market and what is its possible impact on business communication practices, a survey was conducted and data was collected in eleven in-depth interviews with communication chief officers of major companies operating in Brazil. The aim of thus survey was to synthesize a grounded theory capable of dealing with the conceptual propositions described above. The conclusions of this work seek to compare empirical and theoretical findings, analyzing challenges and contributions of corporate communication in the new context of the business-society relationship.

Change and the management thereof has become an integral part of management. To survive and prosper in the future, organisations have to understand the internal and external forces of the constantly changing world in which they operate. One example of the implications of change is the role of the communication practitioner that evolved from that of a technician to a strategist during recent decades. The communication practitioner has to realise that research is an effective tool to prove the value of the communication function. This study explores the use of environmental scanning as a strategic tool for an organisation to obtain a competitive edge. Knowledge management and the measurement of relationships in communication are closely related to environmental scanning. Environmental scanning is a process by which an organisation learns about events and trends in the internal and external environment. It helps establishes relationships between these trends and considers the main implications for problem identification and decision making. Any scientific research should be done against a theoretical framework. The systems theory and the information gap theory provide the theoretical framework for this study. Empirical research was conducted amongst the principals, marketing directors; information technology directors and scenario planners of all universities, technikons and registered private universities in South Africa. A total response rate of 58.7% was realised. A major finding was that, although most universities and technikons conduct environmental scanning and rate it as very important, there is no formalised, strategically aligned effort to integrate the findings with the strategic direction of the institution. The impact of environmental scanning on the respondents’ institutions is rated as significant to very significant. A revised model of environmental scanning was subsequently proposed. This model can also serve as a basis for future research and development. In spite of the different ways in which environmental scanning is conducted and applied, it has potential as a strategic tool - specifically to improve the role and contribution of the communication practitioner in the realisation of organisational goals. / Dissertation (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Communication Management / DPhil / Unrestricted

The essence of this Master thesis is the analysis of corporate identity and image in the selected part of non-profit organization. Furthermore, this analysis will provide valuable information about how it tries to be perceived and how it is perceived in reality. The theoretical part explains terms related to the topic, mainly focuses on corporate identity and its three components, as well as on essence and importance of the corporate image. Then briefly describes the issue of non-profit organization. The methodical part defines the objectives, methods and respondents of the thesis. The practical part is based on theoretical knowledge of the first part. First is presented selected non-profit organization and its part, which is the subject of research. The subsequent own research is divided into two parts, the analysis of identity by using the qualitative research in the form of individual interviews and the analysis of image by using the quantitative research in the form of questionnaire survey. The thesis is concluded by suggestion and recommendations for the non-profit organization.