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Twenty-First-Century Sales Force Management | |
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Introduction to Sales Management and Its Evolving Roles | |
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What Is Sales Management? | |
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Types, Titles, and Hierarchical Levels of Sales Managers | |
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Responsibilities and Duties of Sales Managers | |
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Expanding Roles of Sales Managers | |
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What Qualities Are Needed to Be a Sales Manager? | |
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Integrating Sales Management and Marketing Management | |
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Monitoring and Adapting to the Macroenvironment | |
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How Well Are Sales Managers Performing? | |
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Developing Sales Managers for the New Millennium | |
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Simpson Machine Tool Company: Sales Management Seminar | |
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Centroid Computer Corporation: The New Sales Manager | |
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Managing Ethics in a Sales Environment | |
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What Is Business Ethics? | |
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Salespeople Are Boundary Spanners | |
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Applying Professional Sales Codes of Ethics | |
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Ethical Philosophies and Moral Judgments | |
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Creating an Ethical Work Climate | |
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Managing the Ethical Climate | |
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Legal Considerations in the Sales Environment | |
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Practicing Good Ethics Among the Sales Force | |
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Billings Pharmaceuticals: Customer Vulnerability and Moral Equity | |
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J&R Company: Unethical Sales Practices | |
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Customer Relationship Management and Building Partnerships | |
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What Is CRM? | |
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Relationship Orientations and tCRM. | |
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CRM and Repeat Business | |
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CRM, Customer Loyalty, and Lifetime Value | |
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CRM and Selling | |
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Technology and CRM Programs | |
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CRM Successes and Failures | |
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Cosair Gas Distributors: Problems with a CRM System Installation | |
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TC's Bookings: Getting the Most Out of a CRM System | |
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The Selling Process | |
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Updating the Roles of Salespeople | |
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What Salespeople Do: Stages of the Personal Selling Process | |
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Applying CRM to the Personal Selling Process | |
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Solex-Digital: Effective Negotiation Strategies | |
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Dasseaux Pharmaceuticals: Relationship Versus Transactional Selling | |
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Organizing And Developing The Sales Force | |
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Sales Forecasting and Budgeting | |
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Sales Forecasting and Its Relationship to Operational Planning | |
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Forecasting Approaches and Techniques | |
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Evaluating Forecasting Approaches | |
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Sales Budget Planning | |
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Preparing the Annual Sales Budget | |
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AKAMAI Corporation: Developing Sales Forecasts | |
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Global Container Corporation: Creative Sales Forecasting | |
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Sales Force Planning and Organizing | |
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Purpose and Levels of Organization Planning | |
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Sales Management Planning Process | |
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Causes of Unsuccessful Planning | |
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Organizing the Sales Force | |
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PlayMart Toyz: Building a Sales Organization | |
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Wild Willie "Juiced" Drinks: Planning for Sales Growth | |
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Time and Territory Management | |
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Improving Sales Productivity | |
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Establishing Sales Territories | |
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Setting Up Sales Territories | |
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Revising Sales Territories | |
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Self-Management | |
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Time Management and Routing | |
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Manufacturers Insurance Group: Developing Territories | |
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SalesTech, Inc.: Coping with Growth | |
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Recruiting and Selecting the Sales Force | |
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Importance of Recruiting and Selection | |
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The Recruitment Process | |
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Sources of Salespeople | |
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The Sales Force Selection Process | |
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Making the Selection | |
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Sales Force Socialization | |
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Vector Marketing Corporation: Recruiting and Selecting College Students | |
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R3 Technology: Improving Recruitment and Selection | |
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Managing and Directing Sales Force Efforts | |
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Training the Sales Force | |
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Importance of Sales Training | |
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Developing and Implementing Sales Training | |
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Making Training Delivery Decisions | |
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Choosing Instructional Methods | |
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Preparing, Motivating, and Coaching Trainees | |
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Evaluating Training Programs | |
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Sales Training Challenges for Global Companies | |
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Hops Distributors, Inc.: Getting the Blend Right! Case | |
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Midwest Auto Parts, Inc.: The Value of Sales Training | |
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Sales Force Leadership | |
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Foundations of Leadership | |
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Supervision, Management, and Leadership | |
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Leadership and Power | |
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Applying Classical Leadership Theories to Twenty-First-Century Sales Management | |
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Applying Contemporary Leadership Theories to Twenty-First-Century Sales | |
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Management | |
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Other Emerging Issues in Twenty-First-Century Sales Force Leadership | |
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Communication | |
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School Suppliers, Inc.: Leading a Diverse Sales Force | |
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Case 10.2 ?hlins Chemicals: Leadership and Communication Problems | |
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Sales Force Motivation | |
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Foundations of Motivation | |
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Applying Contemporary Motivation Theories to Sales Management | |
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Using Rewards and Incentive Programs for Sales Force Motivation | |
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Sales Force Motivation Strategies and Tools | |
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Additional Perspectives in Twenty-First-Century Sales Force Motivation | |
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Schindler Pharmaceuticals: Motivating the Sales Force | |
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Sales Actions Software, Inc.: Motivating Salespeople in Different Career Stages | |
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Sales Force Compensation | |
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Sales Force Compensation Plans | |
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Developing the Compensation Plan | |
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Compensation Methods | |
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Trends in Sales Compensation | |
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Expense Accounts and Fringe Benefits | |
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Syntel, Inc.: The Role of Compensation in Salesperson Turnover | |
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Sun-Sweet Citrus Supply, Inc.: Compensation and Sales Expenses | |
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Controlling and Evaluating Sales Force Performance | |
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Sales Volume, Costs, and Profitability Analysis | |
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Framework for Sales Force Organizational Audit | |
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Sales Volume, Costs, and Profitability Analysis | |
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Increasing Sales Force Productivity and Profits | |
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Fabrizia Pasta Company: The Value of Financial Reports | |
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J.B.'s Restaurant Supply: How CRM Data Is Used to Justify Change | |
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Sales Force Performance Evaluation | |
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Sales Force Performance Appraisal | |
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A Contemporary Approach to Sales Force Performance Evaluation | |
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Providing Feedback and Improving Sales Force Performance | |
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Emerging Perspectives in Twenty-First-Century | |
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Sales Force Performance Appraisals | |
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FUTSUCO Electronics: Rewarding Performance | |
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Midwest Risk Management: Performance Evaluation Systems | |
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Notes | |
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Glossary | |
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Subject Index | |
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Name Index | |