Degree | Type | Year |
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Advertising and Public Relations | OB | 3 |
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The students who take this course must have a coneixements previs de comunicació. Encara that l'asignatura s'imparteix en castellà, the students that vulguin cursar have to have a minimum coneixements of the Catalan language per a millor seguiment i participation of the interventions and diàlegs generats in the sessions docents.
This subject is part of the subject Strategy in Advertising and Public Relations, whose main objective is to provide students with the tools to have the ability to design effective communication strategies.
Through it, the student will be informed about forms of business communication that are alternatives to commercial communication and whose main objective is to create a positive image that globally benefits an organization, both externally and internally.
We will also see different typologies of crises and how these can affect the reputation of a company or institution, as well as how to manage them communicatively.
The students of this subject will have previously studied the subject of Contemporary Advertising Systems, where communication techniques aimed at achieving commercial objectives are analyzed, having basically seen that dimension of the organizations. However, in the subject at hand, students will work a much more global dimension of companies, noting that the institutional and commercial scope can act as communicating vessels.
It is about analyzing all those elements that make up the identity of an organization, its values, its culture, its philosophy and its objectives in society, handling concepts such as corporate social responsibility as one of the fundamental elements of any organization that wants to have an good reputation in its environment.
Topic 1.- CREATION AND TRANSMISSION OF CORPORATE IDENTITY. The creation of identity in organizations: physical features and cultural features. The corporate identity program. The communication of the brand identity. The creation and adaptation of values as a way to transmit identity.
Topic 2.- CORPORATE COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS. Typology of most used techniques, ways, tools Dimension identity / dimension communication / dimension image. The importance of the stakeholders and the approach of values.
Topic 3.- COMMUNICATION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN ORGANIZATIONS. Business ethics, responsibility and reputation. Corporate social responsibility, a fashion, a need or an obligation on the part of organizations?
Trends and social motivations that affect the behavior of organizations. Approaches to CSR from the organization based on the areas of action and interest groups.
Topic 4.- INTERNAL BRAND BUILDING IN ORGANIZATIONS. Communication as a way of internal transmission of the culture of the organization.
Internal communication channels most used and their directionality depending on the objectives. How companies relate to their employees. Its role as transmitter of the identity of the organization.
Topic 5.- MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION OF CRISIS IN ORGANIZATIONS. Typologies of crisis. Features. Beginning. Morphology. The crisis plan. Management of crisis communication. Analysis of practical cases.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Theory sessions, seminars and practices | 52.5 | 2.1 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 7.5 | 0.3 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Student work, readings, team work | 82.5 | 3.3 |
The teaching methodology is adapted to the typology of the teaching sessions marked according to the characteristics of the subject:
- Face-to-face theoretical sessions, in which the communication possibilities of the organizations will be transmitted to the student from an institutional perspective.
- Seminars, with an important participation on the part of the student and for prior work on their part.
Through them the students will apply the knowledge they acquire in the subject. It will try to help the student to enhance their presentation skills, an essential requirement for any professional in the field of communication.
The calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: the description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject.
In case of a change of teaching modality for health reasons, teachers will make readjustments in the schedule and methodologies.
Note: The course content will be sensitive to issues related to gender perspective and the use of inclusive language
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exam | 50% | 2 | 0.08 | CM26, CM27, CM29, KM30, KM31, SM24, SM26 |
Seminars Assistence | 10% | 3.5 | 0.14 | CM26, CM27, CM29, KM30, KM31, SM24, SM26 |
Work | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | CM26, CM27, CM29, KM30, KM31, SM24, SM26 |
In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted as an integral
part of assignment development, provided that the final outcome demonstrates a
significant contribution from the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection.
Students must clearly identify any content generated using AI, specify the tools employed,
and include a critical reflection on how these technologies have influenced both the
process and the final result of the assignment. Failure to disclose the use of AI in this
assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a
partial or total penalty to the assignment grade, or more serious sanctions in severe cases.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reading dossiers will be provided at the beginning of the course. These are required reading and exam material.
The subject doesn't need a specific program
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 51 | Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 52 | Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 53 | Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 5 | Spanish | first semester | afternoon |