Aggiornato A.A. 2016-2017
SALES MANAGEMENT
A.Y. 2016-2017
Prof. Aggr. Simonetta Pattuglia
e-mail: pattuglia@economia.uniroma2.it
twittername: @SPattuglia
Office Hours: Wednesday – 4:00-5:00 pm.to be weekly checked on the Faculty’s website
Office: Tor Vergata University – Research Building – Room No.52 (First floor) – Via Columbia 2 – 00133 Rome, Italy
Other members contributing to the Course
Michela Mingione
Phd. Management
e-mail: mingione@economia.uniroma2.it
The Course will host 3 Top Managers’ Lectures by:
- BULGARI (Jewellery Business Unit Managing Director),
- FOX CHANNELS ITALY (Vice President Marketing & Sales),
- LEONARDO-FINMECCANICA HELICOPTERS (Senior Vice President for Sales and Strategic sourcing)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND MAIN TOPICS
This Course aims to outline the importance of selling and sales management, a vital aspect of marketing that in the past few years have been somewhat neglected. The disruptive use of new media (internet – mobile platform – social media – e-commerce channels) has put sales and selling again in a focal stage. This management process will be explained and documented from the theoretical and practical viewpoints.
The Course covers five main aspects: Sales Perspectives, Sales Environment, Sales Technique, Sales Management and Sales Control.
1. Sales Perspective: The historical role of sales and selling management – its place in the marketing and in a marketing organization – types and image of selling – the buyers: their thinking and their organization of selling – sales strategies
2. Sales Environment: The institutions that make sales: channels, industrial & commercial ones, public authority, selling for resale – sales settings
3. Sales Technique: The practical and covers preparation for selling – personal selling skills and process – Key account management – relationship selling – direct marketing – internet and IT applications in selling and sales management
4. Sales Management: recruitment – selection – motivation – training – organization & compensation of salespeople.
5. Sales Control: budgets & business planning – sales forecasting – saleforces evaluation.
Other important issues include:
• coverage of strategic selling and partnering
• discussion on ethical issues in selling
• coverage of the management of sales channels (multichannel organization)
• the role of social media in selling
• lead generation.
The Course will host 3 Top Managers’ Lectures by AGUSTA WESTLAND (Senior VP Sales), BULGARI (Senior VP Division Jewellery), FOX CHANNELS ITALY (VP Marketing & Sales)
TEACHING METHODS
The class will be taught using a general session, combination of case studies, discussions and guest speakers’ lectures. The Course will include a group work (max 3 participants each).
FINAL PROJECT WORK (Dec. 12nd, 13rd, 14th, 11-13am)
Groups of attending students (3 participants) will be formed at the beginning of the Course. Each group will work on a project to be presented (public presentation) at the end of the Course.
REFERENCE TEXTBOOK
Selling and Sales Management by David Jobber & Geoff Lancaster, 10th Edition, Pearson, 2015.
No chapters: 5, 6; practical exercises (all the chapters); Appendix.
OTHER LEARNING SOURCES
Slides, cases and other materials will be provided and uploaded (teacher’s website) during the Course.
ATTENDANCE
Class participation and attendance are very important and highly recommended.
EXAM (Dec. 21st 10am)
Project work & written exam (5 open ended questions, 1 question per module). The exam (pw+we) is evaluated X out of 30 (25% project work, 75% written exam).
No oral exam is scheduled.
Project work: the 2016-2017 project work will be based on the “Società Italiana Marketing Award” www.premiomarketing.com
Attention! It is mandatory to register the final mark only in the official exam dates for all kinds of students (MSc students and Erasmus students).
Aggiornato A.A. 2016-2017
SALES MANAGEMENT
A.Y. 2016-2017
Prof. Aggr. Simonetta Pattuglia
e-mail: pattuglia@economia.uniroma2.it
twittername: @SPattuglia
Office Hours: Wednesday – 4:00-5:00 pm.to be weekly checked on the Faculty’s website
Office: Tor Vergata University – Research Building – Room No.52 (First floor) – Via Columbia 2 – 00133 Rome, Italy
Other members contributing to the Course
Michela Mingione
Phd. Management
e-mail: mingione@economia.uniroma2.it
The Course will host 3 Top Managers’ Lectures by:
- BULGARI (Jewellery Business Unit Managing Director),
- FOX CHANNELS ITALY (Vice President Marketing & Sales),
- LEONARDO-FINMECCANICA HELICOPTERS (Senior Vice President for Sales and Strategic sourcing)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND MAIN TOPICS
This Course aims to outline the importance of selling and sales management, a vital aspect of marketing that in the past few years have been somewhat neglected. The disruptive use of new media (internet – mobile platform – social media – e-commerce channels) has put sales and selling again in a focal stage. This management process will be explained and documented from the theoretical and practical viewpoints.
The Course covers five main aspects: Sales Perspectives, Sales Environment, Sales Technique, Sales Management and Sales Control.
1. Sales Perspective: The historical role of sales and selling management – its place in the marketing and in a marketing organization – types and image of selling – the buyers: their thinking and their organization of selling – sales strategies
2. Sales Environment: The institutions that make sales: channels, industrial & commercial ones, public authority, selling for resale – sales settings
3. Sales Technique: The practical and covers preparation for selling – personal selling skills and process – Key account management – relationship selling – direct marketing – internet and IT applications in selling and sales management
4. Sales Management: recruitment – selection – motivation – training – organization & compensation of salespeople.
5. Sales Control: budgets & business planning – sales forecasting – saleforces evaluation.
Other important issues include:
• coverage of strategic selling and partnering
• discussion on ethical issues in selling
• coverage of the management of sales channels (multichannel organization)
• the role of social media in selling
• lead generation.
The Course will host 3 Top Managers’ Lectures by AGUSTA WESTLAND (Senior VP Sales), BULGARI (Senior VP Division Jewellery), FOX CHANNELS ITALY (VP Marketing & Sales)
TEACHING METHODS
The class will be taught using a general session, combination of case studies, discussions and guest speakers’ lectures. The Course will include a group work (max 3 participants each).
FINAL PROJECT WORK (Dec. 12nd, 13rd, 14th, 11-13am)
Groups of attending students (3 participants) will be formed at the beginning of the Course. Each group will work on a project to be presented (public presentation) at the end of the Course.
REFERENCE TEXTBOOK
Selling and Sales Management by David Jobber & Geoff Lancaster, 10th Edition, Pearson, 2015.
No chapters: 5, 6; practical exercises (all the chapters); Appendix.
OTHER LEARNING SOURCES
Slides, cases and other materials will be provided and uploaded (teacher’s website) during the Course.
ATTENDANCE
Class participation and attendance are very important and highly recommended .
EXAM (Dec. 21st 10am)
Project work & written exam (5 open ended questions, 1 question per module). The exam (pw+we) is evaluated X out of 30 (25% project work, 75% written exam).
No oral exam is scheduled.
Project work: the 2016-2017 project work will be based on the “Società Italiana Marketing Award” www.premiomarketing.com
Attention! It is mandatory to register the final mark only in the official exam dates for all kinds of students (MSc students and Erasmus students).