Designing and Managing the Sales Team Follett Carter E-mail: fcarter@umich.edu Phone: (415)336-8622 M (734)222-0089 H (239)395-3244 H Class hours: Tuesdays‚ 7:00-10:00pm‚ Ann Arbor Office Hours: before and/or after class by appointment Conference calls also possible Textbook: Assembled readings and case studies Course Description The objectives of this course are to improve your understanding of the role of the sales force in the achievement of
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------------------------------------------------- Sales Management - An Overview The art of meeting and exceeding the sales goals of an organization through effective planning‚ controlling‚ budgeting and leadership refers to sales management. Sales Management helps the organization to achieve the sales targets efficiently. Process of Sales Management 1. Sales Planning * Marketers must plan things well in advance for the best results. It is essential to have concrete plans. Mere guess
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Hegemony in Mass Media Hegemony is prevalent in every mass broadcasted/published type of media in America. It is the acceptance of ideals that trickle down from the people in power to those without power or those that have little power. This concept is what causes us to accept ideas such as objectifying women in commercials and television. It’s what makes the American public accept social stratification and mild to intense segregation. This idea of hegemony affects the way we think and what our
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one’s palm‚ Computers have transformed into a highly durable & portable device. With the introduction of laptops‚ computers actually became portable & accompanied the users on the go & provided them access to making business presentations‚ connectivity‚ gaming & constant entertainment. In keeping with the tradition of innovation‚ laptops then transformed into mini laptops which were even more portable to carry & work with. With constant re-engineering‚ the concept of an electronic
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error to compare forecasting methods. Forecasting involves the use of information at hand to make statements about the likely course of future events. In technical terms‚ conditional on what one knows‚ what can one say about the future? Forecasting techniques include uni-variant‚ multi-variant‚ and qualitative analysis. Time series used to forecast future trends include exponential smoothing‚ ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) and trend analysis. Multi-variant prediction methods include
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i Case Study: One Laptop Per Child [from: Keegan‚ Warren J.‚ and Mark C. Green‚ Global Marketing (Sixth Edition)‚ New Jersey: Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚Prentice Hall‚ 2011] |[pic] | | | | | As director of the prestigious Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)‚ Nicolas Negroponte had a unique opportunity to immerse himself in cutting-edge
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Sales Operation (SOM 222 S) Assignment 1 Date: August 2011 QUESTION 1 1. Proactive approach to determine training needs The training needs assessment is a critical activity for the training and development function. To be effective and efficient‚ all training programs must start with a needs assessment. All training begins with a transfer of knowledge. Through assimilation‚ understanding‚ practice and refinement‚ knowledge is converted into skill. Without a solid understanding
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Casielles‚ R.V. (2005)‚ Consumer evaluations of sales promotion: the effect on brand choice‚ European Journal of Marketing‚ Vol. 39‚ Issue 1/2 Arkes‚ H.R.; Joyner‚ C.A.; Pezzo‚ M.V.; Nash‚ J.G.; Siegel-Jacobs‚ K.; Stone‚ E Brassington‚ F.; Pettitt‚ F. (2003)‚ Principles of marketing‚ 3rd edition‚ Pearson Education Limited‚ Harlow Borges‚ A.; Cliquet‚ G Dawes‚ J. (2004)‚ Assessing the impact of a very successful price promotion on brand‚ category and competitor sales‚ Journal of Product & Brand Management
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activities support sales efforts. Actually‚ they are usually the most significant forces in stimulating sales. Oftentimes‚ marketing activities (like the production of marketing materials and catchy packaging) must occur before a sale can be made; they sometimes follow the sale as well‚ to pave the way for future sales and referrals. Sales managers are paid to plan‚ lead and control the personal selling process in the organization. This is one of the very important jobs in an organization. Sales management
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As the Vice President of Sales for the company I work for‚ I have to choice between two of the employees who have rose to the top out of ten possible candidates. Lisa Bell and Steven Bellach both have the qualifications to become the Area Sales Manager but I can only pick one. Some good qualifications that Lisa has are that she is persistent in her work‚ has been a member of the President’s club for five years‚ she has been asked to help plan sales meetings in the past and is inspirational to other
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