Author : Pingali Venugopal
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761934950
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (349 download)
Book Synopsis Managing Your Sales Force by : Pingali Venugopal
Download or read book Managing Your Sales Force written by Pingali Venugopal and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-07-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salespersons occupy a vital position in most organizations yet they tend not to hold their profession in high esteem. According to the author of this book, unless salespersons take pride in their work, they are unlikely to perform to the best of their abilities. This, in turn, is bound to affect the organization in terms of both its growth and its profit. Pingali Venugopal approaches the sales management function from the motivational dimension in order to revive the lost vocational esteem in the sales profession.Divided into two sections, this book - takes an integrated view of management decisions, both strategic and operational, and works out each as a motivator for the salespersons; - emphasizes the need for managers to motivate salespersons, beyond the commonly used monetary incentives; - highlights the importance of behavioural transactions that have to take place for a sale to be successful;- develops a framework to integrate the sales management function with the marketing mix so that there are no overlaps; and- stresses the need to devise appropriate training programmes for salespersons.