Förskolepedagogers uppfattningar om leken som redskap för barns språkutveckling
en observations- och intervjustudie
The value of a good reputation for organizations is increasing today as consumers and citizens become more aware of brands. If a crisis hits an organization, there is now more to lose than before concerning reputation. Therefore the organization?s communication strategies must be developed to sustain the organization?s reputation during and after a crisis.In the field of crisis communication there are two distinguished theories which concern what an organization with help from crisis communication should do to undergo a crisis without losing its reputation. These theories are image repair theory and situational crisis communication theory (SCCT). They both offer guidelines and course of actions for a preserved reputation, the latter with a list of scenarios of crises tied to every given strategy the theory proposes. The purpose of this study is to shine light on the application of the theories among communicators in both public and private organizations. This is investigated by focusing partly on how communicators reason about focusing on the organization?s reputation in crisis communication, partly on how they feel about implementing the strategies tied to scenarios image repair theory and situational crisis communication theory advocate. To examine the question at issue, we have performed a series of interviews where our group of respondents consists of ten communicators working in public and private organizations. With every respondent we have had a long talk and tried to dig deep into how crisis communication plans are designed as well as how crisis communication is practiced.The conclusion of this study is that the basic ideas that image repair theory and situational crisis communication theory are based upon are well implemented among Swedish communicators. However, the strategies recommended by the theories are completely rejected by the communicators. Instead they say that openness is the best way to a preserved reputation, not specific strategies tied to scenarios. The communicators think that such a course of action would do more harm than good for the reputation of the organization during a crisis. No crisis looks like another and therefore it is impossible to foresee how crisis communication should be designed.