ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT A STUDY OF UNION BANK PLC.

ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT A STUDY OF UNION BANK PLC.

Abstract

This Project examines Role of public relations in crisis management, a study of Union Bank Plc. Garden Avenue Enugu. To achieve this, the survey research method was adopted. The researcher uses the number of the population as the sample size; this is because the population is already small to reduce as we know that the purpose of sample size is to reduce the large number of population. Three research questions guided the study. Research findings showed that public relations play a vital role in crisis management. In view of these findings, the researcher recommended that every good organization must have public relations department, with well qualified staff and provide them with basic facilities to work with like security camera etc. The researcher suggested that Union Bank Plc. should imbibe public relations as a philosophy of management and all organization should be made to appreciate the place of public relations in the organization.