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Chapter 11:
Motivating
Salespeople
What is Motivation?
Frequent rejection
Physical separation from company
support
Direct influence on quality of sales
presentation
Indirect influence on performance
What Goals are Most Important?
Increase 66.1%
Sales Revenue
Enhance Company
31.9%
Credibility
0 20 40 60 80
Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
SAFETY &
Job security and fringes
SECURITY
Self-actualization
in service to society
Safety
Physiological
Affiliation (belonging)
Comparison of Motivators and Hygiene
Factors Percentage Frequency
Low High
Satisfaction Satisfaction
40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40
Hygienes
Policies
Tech. Supervision Motivators
Salary Achievement
Interpersonal Relations Recognition
Working Conditions Work Itself
Responsibility
Advancement
Career Stages
Motivational Needs
Learning the skills required to do the job well.
Manager Role?
Reinforce accomplishments
Spend time with salesperson
Discuss long-term benefits of working for the organization
Establishment Stage
Motivational Needs
Use skills to produce results, increase job autonomy
Manager Role?
Provide high rewards for high achievers
Have salespeople recognize success has something
other than promotion
Maintenance Stage
Motivational Needs
Develop a broader view of work and organization,
maintain a high level of performance
Manager Role?
Challenge salespeople to use their knowledge in new ways
Introduce significant rewards for mastering new challenges
Disengagement Stage
Motivational Needs
Establish a stronger self-identity outside of work,
maintain performance level
Manager Role?
Maintain focus on personal goals and importance of
organizational citizenship behaviors (e.g., being a
role model, assist in other aspects of the organization)
Career Stage Effects on Satisfaction
1. Compensation
- exceed first-line managers
2. Job Title
- no cost but considerable payback
4. Car Phone
- justified on a purely business basis
Giving Status to Salespeople
You only have the final left to take (worth 100 points). Plus, you
really didnt put the effort into studying for the other exams for
this class, but you were in the B to B+ range.
Also suppose, if you get an A for the course, your GPA hits
the 3.5 mark, which now makes you eligible to get an interview
with a prestigious firm.
Expectancy Theory System
Sales
Company Customers Family
Manager