Undergraduate - UnitMKG3442 - Sales management

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Marketing
Offered	Gippsland First semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Angela Higgins

Synopsis

The scope of sales management, personal selling in the marketing mix, deployment and account coverage, sales force size/sales forecasting, personal selling, field sales management, compensation, evaluation and motivation, organising, recruitment and selection, training.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

critically analyse the effectiveness of marketing examine communication, relationship building and negotiation alternatives in a selling and organisational context
analyse the theoretical basis of an effective sales and planning organisation evaluate the practical importance of setting goals and objectives suitable to a modern sales environment
critically analyse strategies that might be used for the recruiting, selection, training and on-going development of sales staff
compare the theoretical and practical requirements for leading, controlling and evaluating a sales team
critically evaluate the importance of the ethical behaviour of a sales manager.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Vaughan Reimers

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Students must have passed MKW2402 or MKG2402 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

MKW3442