Sales management : shaping future sales leaders
/ John F. Tanner, Earl D. Honeycutt, Robert Erffmeyer.
- 1st ed., New international edition
- Harlow, England : Pearson Education, 2014.
- 453 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction to sales management -- The sales function and multi-sales channels -- Leadership and the sales executive -- Ethics, the law, and sales leadership -- Business-to-business (b2b) sales and customer relationship management -- Leveraging information technologies -- Designing and organizing the sales force -- Recruiting and selecting the right salespeople -- Training and developing the sales force -- Supervising, managing, and leading salespeople individually and in teams -- Setting goals and managing the sales force’s performance -- Motivating and rewarding salespeople -- Turning customer information into knowledge -- Assessing the performance of the sales force and the people who comprise it -- Internal and external cultural forces that affect a firm’s sales performance -- Cases -- Index
For courses in sales management. Sales Management, 1st edition, is the only book on the market that prepares students to become effective sales managers in today's hyper-competitive, global economy-by integrating current technology, research, and strategic thinking activities.