ABSTRACT

This tenth edition of Sales Management continues the tradition of blending the most recent sales management research with the real-life "best practices" of leading sales organizations. The authors teach sales management courses, and interact with sales managers and sales management professors on a regular basis. Their text focuses on the importance of employing different sales strategies for different customer groups, as well as integrating corporate, business, marketing, and sales strategies. Sales Management includes coverage of the current trends and issues in sales management, along with numerous real-world examples from the contemporary business world that are used throughout the text to illuminate chapter discussions.

Key changes in this edition include:

  • Updates in each chapter to reflect the latest sales management research, and leading sales management trends and practices;
  • Revised end-of-chapter cases;

  • Revised ethical dilemma boxes;

  • All new chapter opening vignettes about well-known companies that illustrate key topics from that chapter; and

  • New or updated comments from sales managers in "Sales Management in the 21st Century" boxes.

 

An online instructor's manual with test questions and PowerPoints is available to adopters.

chapter Chapter 1|12 pages

Changing World of Sales Management

part 1|25 pages

Describing the Personal Selling Function

chapter Chapter 2|23 pages

Overview of Personal Selling

part 2|87 pages

Defining the Strategic Role of the Sales Function

chapter Chapter 3|32 pages

Organizational Strategies and the Sales Function

chapter Appendix 4|13 pages

Developing Forecasts

part 3|67 pages

Developing the Salesforce

chapter Chapter 5|34 pages

Acquiring Sales Talent : Recruitment and Selection

part 4|54 pages

Directing the Salesforce

chapter Chapter 7|23 pages

Sales Leadership, Management, and Supervision

chapter Chapter 8|28 pages

Motivation and Reward System Management

part 5|64 pages

Determining Salesforce Effectiveness and Performance

chapter Chapter 9|27 pages

Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Organization

chapter Chapter 10|34 pages

Evaluating the Performance of Sales People