Scholarly Activity: Sales Management


You were recently hired as a new sales manager and are about to conduct your first evaluations of individual salespeople. You have called a sales staff meeting to explain what you plan to do. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of at least six slides with a title slide and reference slide. Please use at least one outside scholarly source in addition to your textbook. The title slide and reference slide are not included in the required slide count. Your slides should use bullet points and the notes section of the slides to add detail. Be sure you include at least the following components:

  1. three      reasons why you are conducting the evaluations,
  2. three      criteria you will measure as a part of your evaluation,
  3. some      advantages and disadvantages of an outcome-based evaluation,
  4. some      advantages and disadvantages of a behavior-based approach, and
  5. how      you plan to use salesperson job satisfaction in your evaluations.

Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.