Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Activity
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisite: MKTG 3010.
Description
Meets with MKTG 6600. This course is designed to provide a solid foundation for understanding how companies can create value for customers in the highly competitive market place. Emphasis is placed on managerial decision making, how the sales function is aligned to the strategic direction of the firm, the role of technology in sales forced design and management, why the sales force is critical to adjusting to rapidly changing environments, how to apply problem-solving models, how to recruit, select, higher and retain the best sales people, what is required to forecast sales and profits, how to map and measure sales results to increase productivity, what variable drives sales success, as well as what sales incentives and compensations systems require to line the sales organization to the strategy of the firm.