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Chapter 14
Chapter 14
CHAPTER 14
• Planning
• Organizing
• Staffing
• Directing
• Controlling organizational resources
L ea d er
M o tiv a tio n
B eh a v io r* P er fo r m a n ce R ew a rd
to W ork
a n d A ctiv ities
* L ea d er b eh a v io r is p a r t o f th e o r ga n iz a tio n a l fa cto r s s h o w n in th e
m o tiv a tio n a l m o d el in C h a p ter 1 2 , F igu r e 1 2 .3 .
Sales Manager
• Personal Characteristics
• Needs and Motives
• Power
• Past Experience and
• Reinforcement
Salesperson
• Personal Characteristics
• Needs and Motives
• Performance Level Sales Manager's Behavior
• Past Experience Salesperson’s
and Activities
Behavior
• Tells • Supervision
Influence • Performance
• Persuades • Coaching
• Satisfaction
Sales Group • Participates • Counseling
• Turnover
• Characteristics • Delegates
• Expectations
• Norms
• Sales Culture
Situation
• The Task Being Faced
• Organizational Factors
• Problem Faced
• Time Pressures
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
NEEDS AND MOTIVES
POWER
PAST EXPERIENCE AND REINFORCEMENT
H igh
S a les m a n a g er a n d S a les m a n a g er m a k es
s a les p er s o n d e cid e d ecis io n w it h d iscu s sio n
togeth er on w hy
C o n cer n fo r P eo p le
L ow T a sk H igh T a sk
H igh P eo p le H ig h P eo p le
L ow T a sk H igh T a sk
L o w P eo p le L o w P eo p le
S t y le 4 : D elega t es S ty le 1 : T ells
S a les p er s o n S a les m a n a g er
m a k es d ecisio n m a k es d ecisio n
L ow
L ow C o n cer n fo r T a sk H igh
• Call reports
• Expense reports
• Compensation
• Sales analysis reports
• Performance counseling
• Career counseling.
• Job adjustment counseling
• Social adjustment counseling
• Personal adjustment counseling
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
NEEDS AND MOTIVES
PERFORMANCE LEVEL
• Ability
• Motivation
PAST EXPERIENCE
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TABLE 14.2 GUIDELINES TO CONSIDER WHEN SELECTING A
LEADERSHIP STYLE BASED ON PERFORMANCE LEVEL
• To be treated equally.
• Help with performance problems.
• Help overcoming the “greener grass”
syndrome.
CHARACTERISTICS
• They have the ability to deal with the sales
situation.
• They are interested in the situation.
• They have a relatively high need for
independence.
1. Hire people who possess the funda- 3. Provide a good sales training
mental personal characteristics program.
needed for top performance. 4. Provide performance standards.
2. Eliminate roadblocks and chuckholes 5. Provide performance feedback.
to each person's success. 6. Provide appropriate rewards for out-
standing performance.