The Master's Thesis deals with the issue of corporate design. The theoretical part specifies the integration of corporate design into marketing theory, introduces its basic components, principles and process of its creation. The practical part explores corporate identity changes in four significant Czech organizations - Czech Television, Czech Radio, Zoo Praha and Česká pojišťovna. It reveals specifics of each case, its positive and negative aspects and aims to find important factors that affect a success of corporate identity change in practice. Market research among consumers is used for these purposes, as well as expert opinions.

The diploma thesis focuses on public relations in their various forms. It specifies relations with the public of company AB Control CZ, s.r.o. and it compares them with acquired theoretical knowledge. On these basis it proposes recommendations and appropriate changes to the problem.

A good corporate reputation is extremely valuable, and confers substantial benefits to the organisation. In order to better manage their corporate reputation, companies need to align their corporate identity and corporate image. Where they do not align and there are gaps, company directors need to identify and reconcile those identity-image gaps.In this research study, corporate reputation, and specifically image and identity, is investigated to understand whether there is gap between how the company views itself (corporate identity) and how it is viewed by its stakeholders (corporate image).Directors' perceptions of gaps between corporate identity and corporate image were explored through a qualitative research methodology that focussed on collecting primary data using an exploratory, phenomenological approach. Ten depth interviews were conducted with directors of companies operating in South Africa, who were selected through convenience sampling.A framework is proposed to assist the management of corporate reputation by reconciling identity-image gaps in companies. The core causes of these gaps are found in the company, the staff of the company, and in the external marketplace. Once these identity-image gaps are identified and acknowledged, mechanisms are proposed to reconcile the gaps through focusing on knowledge management, relationship management, communication, trust and implementation. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

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No / Islamic Banks (IBs) are considered as having ethical identity, since the foundation of their business philosophy is closely tied to religion. In this article, we explore whether any discrepancy exists between the communicated (based on information disclosed in the annual reports) and ideal (disclosure of information deemed vital based on the Islamic ethical business framework) ethical identities and we measure this by what we have termed the Ethical Identity Index (EII). Our longitudinal survey results over a 3-year period indicate the overall mean EII of only one IB out of seven surveyed to be above average. The remaining six IBs suffer from disparity between the communicated and ideal ethical identities. We further found the largest incongruence to be related to four dimensions: commitments to society; disclosure of corporate vision and mission; contribution to and management of zakah, charity and benevolent loans; and information regarding top management. The results have important implications for communication management if IBs are to enhance their image and reputation in society as well as to remain competitive.

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att skapa förståelse för hur ledningen i tjänsteföretag praktiskt arbetar med att internt kommunicera företagets kärnvärden, vision och företagskultur med hela organisationen. Metod: Empirisk data har samlats in genom intervjuer och studien omfattas därför av kvalitativ ansats. Semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med respondenter på fyra olika fastighetsmäklarföretag. Datainsamlingen har sedan analyserats genom en abduktiv analysmetod med inspiration från A well grounded theory. Resultat & slutsats: Resultaten i denna studie visar att det främst handlar om att få alla i organisationen att leva företagets identitet i vardagen. För att lyckas med det använder sig företagen av olika kommunikationskanaler, utbildningar och inspiration, så som föreläsningar och tävlingar. Viktigt är också att ledningen uppträder föredömligt och att budskapen i varumärket genomsyras i alla företagets aktiviteter. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Vi föreslår att framtida studier kan riktas mot tjänsteföretags uppföljning av dess interna varumärkesarbete. Ytterligare ett förslag är att studera effekterna av det interna varumärkesarbetet utifrån de anställdas perspektiv då tidigare forskning tyder på att de anställda kan uppfatta varumärket på olika sätt. Uppsatsens bidrag: Då det saknas empiriska studier rörande internt varumärkesarbete anser vi att vårt bidrag med denna studie är at vi har skapat förståelse för hur ledningen i tjänsteföretag kommunicerar företagsidentiteten internt inom organisationen. Vi har heller inte funnit någon tidigare studie som inriktat sig på det interna varumärkesarbetet enbart inom fastighetsmäklarföretag och anser därför att vi har bidragit med kunskap till denna bransch. / Aim: The purpose of this study is to create an understanding of how management in service companies work practically with the internal communication of the company's core values, vision and culture of the entire organization. Method: Empirical data were collected through interviews and therefore subject to the qualitative approach. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted on four different real estate brokerage firms. The collected data is then analyzed by an abductive method of analysis inspired by A well grounded theory. Result & Conclusions: The results from this study shows that it’s mainly about getting the organization to live the corporate identity in the everyday life. In order to succeed with this, companies is using different communication channels, training programs and inspirational activities, thus lectures and competitions. It is also important that the management appears admirably, and that the message of the brand is imbued in all corporate activities. Suggestions for future research: We suggest that future studies can be dedicated to how corporate brands monitoring its internal branding. Another proposal is to study the effects of internal brand building based on employees' perspective, as previous research indicates that employees may perceive the brand in different ways.Contribution of the thesis: Since there is no empirical studies related to internal branding, we believe that our contribution of this study is that we have created an understanding of how management in service companies communicates corporate identity internally within the organization. We have neither found any previous study that focused on the internal branding work exclusively in the real estate brokerage firm, and therefore believe that we have contributed knowledge to this industry.

This diploma thesis deals with corporate identity of a tractor manufacturer. For this purpose fictive company called Haart was created. The endeavour of this corporate identity is to make an image of a reliable company which specialises in the production of high-quality agricultural machines. This is accomplished by an orange-grey colour scheme where orange stands for living (agricultural production) and grey refers to lifeless (tractor is a machine). The final corporate identity is presented next to company stationery, merchandise, orientation graphics and web page also on the tractor designed within the pre-diploma project. For advertising graphics needs typeface Haart was created. Part of this diploma project is also the creation of a design manual. It describes all elements of Haart‘s corporate identity.

Title: Corporate identity of Water Sports Club, z. s. Objectives: Aim of this thesis is analysis of Water Sports Club association's contemporary corporate identity. On the basis of that analysis here will be created offers and recommendations to improve global corporate identity of organization and its image in general. Methods: In the thesis were presented special methods of qualitative research. I've used theoretical knowledge and information which I've found with the help of selected researching methods as the foundation for the contemporary documents' analysis and global corporate identity. Collection of the necessary information was made via depth non-structured conversation with the association's chairman and focus group which consisted of association's internal members. Results: The result of my doctoral thesis is analyzing the surroundings of the association. Alongside were created recommendations and ideas to improve corporate identity of the organization which would positively effect on the association's image in general. Keywords: public relations, corporate identity, SWOT analysis, Water Sports Club, z. s.

A dissertation deals with small single-placed car body design (so-called microcar cathegory). The new design is based on the undercart and the engine of serial Mitsuoka Kit Car. Therefore the aim belongs to re-design tasks. Analytical part of the dissertation deals with two basic questions influencing the final draft. The Corporate identity at first and a problematic of the target group level of aesthetical perception linked to preferred design. On grounds of analysis the core values for new design have been set down. The particular values have been presented with the help of existing reference objects from the field of automotive design. This part also includes a questionnairy, which had been focused on prefered design conception. Due to low microcars topic awareness in Czech Republic, the questionnairy had informational character and the final design conception has been chosen on the base of functional aspects analysis. The final design development, shown on sketches and basic software renderings, is based on gradual steps that lead to the core values expression with regards to input parameters and basic design rules as well. The final design is introduced together with description of its technical solution and detailed design. The solution respects the mentioned target group and the institution Corporate Identity.

This thesis aims to establish the recommendations, proposals and procedures under which the company Mediaresearch will be able effectively use marketing communication and build a unique Corporate Identity. Through strong identity company will be able to influence its image among stakeholders. The theoretical part describes the different elements of corporate identity including the current trends. These components are then supplemented by appropriate research methods for the situation analysis. The theoretical part is followed by analysis of the company's market position. In addition to the analysis of current practices the findings of two internal employee surveys and interviews with the Board are used for the deduction of the recommendations. Each element of corporate identity is analysed separately and marketing recommendations are then drawn in wider context.