6. Conclusion
PR as a strategic communication process requires intelligence to be, or become, strategic. Intelligence provides the basis for knowing, understanding, and explaining what is happening and is likely to happen regarding the environment of an organization and its stakeholders through tailored outputs that incorporate implications for the organizations. The superabundance of information and the massive data available from open sources, as well as through internal sources, whether tacit or explicit, require an intelligence capability, function or program to avoid overload, distill what is relevant for the organization and provide focus or perspective. In the context of an information society, information overload and digital communication, organizations need intelligence for managing their environment and their relationships.