Baixe o pdf http://ci.fdc.org.br/AcervoDigital/Artigos%20FDC/Artigos%20FDC%202013/DEVELOPING%20SALES%20FORCE%20EFFECTIVENESS.pdf Baixe o Abstract  

Developing Sales Force Effectiveness: an exploratory study.

Ano de publicação: 2.013 Publicação: Slovenia, E-Leader Conference, Jan. 2013. Paginação:   Autores: BRUNO, Léo. Tipo de Publicação: Artigo Autor Principal: Bruno, Léo 1947- Outros Autores: BRUNO, Léo. Resumo: The study sought to: (1) evaluate the predominant sales styles, the sales effectiveness, and the relationship among sales style flexibility, sales effectiveness and net income performance of a group of sales persons of several organizations, and (2) develop, implement, and evaluate a complementary Sales Training Program. To identify the predominant sales styles, as well as the selling effectiveness of the 200 involved salespersons, of the involved organizations (15), it has been used an instrument available in the market. To compute the net income of the salespersons of the involved organizations, an archival data gathering was conducted involving each one of the sellers. To investigate the relationship between sales flexibility, taken the average value per organization, and the average net income of each organization, it has been used the linear regression statistics computing the linear correlation coefficient between the before mentioned two variables. To investigate the relationship between sales effectiveness, taken the average value per organization, and the average net income of each organization, it has been used the linear regression statistics computing the linear correlation coefficient between the before mentioned variables. To assess the Sales Training Program three variables were selected: selling style flexibility, selling effectiveness and sales net income performance. A quasi-experimental design consisting of a pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group was used involving two organizations sales force in the experimental group (30 salespersons) and 13 organizations in the control group (170 salespersons). Analysis of means, variance, Pearson r, and Student t test were used for data analyses. The study has uncovered lack of flexibility regarding the selling styles, presenting styles of persuading and committing as dominants. The study also showed that the selling effectiveness of the involved salespersons was at a low level before any training efforts. The research also pointed out a high positive relationship between selling flexibility and sales net income performance, as well as selling effectiveness and sales net income performance. Finally, the research uncovered a high positive influence of the sales training efforts on the selling flexibility, selling effectiveness and sales net income performance. Idioma: Inglês Número de Referência: