Jefferson Pilot: Growing the Sales Force Discussion Questions 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a career sales force versus an independent sales force? A career sales force that the company hires‚ trains‚ supervises‚ and compensates likely will be more loyal than an independent sales force. As the case notes‚ these career salespeople sell only JPF policies. They also learn and contribute to establishing and maintaining the organization’s “culture.” They learn how things work
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Hewlett-Packard‚ Inc (HP) and Mike Thomas of Cisco Systems‚ Inc (Cisco) were both leaders of strategic alliance management teams that were formed in early 1997. Both teams were created to help facilitate the strategic alliance that was formed between HP and Cisco. As with all alliances‚ a wide variety of issues and challenges emerged that had be to be resolved and it was the purpose of the alliance teams to solve such issues. Beginning in February 2002‚ a formal contract to expand the HP and Cisco alliance
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Statement of Problem Based on the article‚ Joe’s sales manager definitely did not do a good job as sales coach and sales leader in this case. His action and behavior was not helpful to Joe in order to convert the sales instead his language and body language had made the situation worse. In addition‚ he did not coach Joe effectively before the call and on-the-job. Based on the textbook‚ “the best sales managers should have a vision of where the sales force is going‚ and they have the ability to describe
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Case Analysis Hewlett-Packard-Compaq :The Merger decision Group no 3 Ninad Nigam Vivek Sharma 16 31 Abstract Of case The spirit of Case is primarily based on the issues related with potential acquisition of Compaq by HP. Case tells about circumstances of computer hardware industry at 2001‚market was highly competitive‚ frequent and fast product introduction in market ‚continuous improvements in product/price characteristics market needs quick customization in products and service
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Advantage and Disadvantage of Sales Force Automation. SFA is one of the applications of information technology to support the process in sale functions (Buttle. 2006). Managers and salespeople were require to use SFA technology in marketing actions such as use computer and telecommunication technology in their sale or promotion actions (Morgan et al. 2001). Some organizations believe the SFA means adding fax machines‚ automate the sales process by prepare the salesperson with a laptop‚ cell phones
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New HP Hardware‚ Software‚ Services‚ and Printing n late 1995‚ John Peter‚ a marketing manager of Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific Limited‚ was evaluating the division’s strategic options for doing business in Vietnam. The United States had lifted its embargo on Vietnam in February 1994‚ and the country had normalized relationships with many other countries‚ including China. The current economic development in Vietnam is rather slow and limited‚ and the infrastructures and the political-legal systems
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I. HP Background and Overview of The Case I.1 HP History After graduated as electrical engineers from Stanford University‚ Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard become close friends during a two-week camping trip‚ and they had an idea of having a business together.They did anything at the first time of having a business just to bring a nickel.They made a bowling alley foul-line indicator‚ a clock drive for a telescope‚ a thing to make a urinal flush automatically‚ and a shock machine to make people lose
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Henault March 3rd‚ 2015 Quan901-CH2 Forecasting Lost Sales Case Study Section I: Summary Carlson Department store suffered heavy damage from a hurricane on August 31. As a result the store was closed for four months‚ September through December. Carlson is in dispute with its insurance company regarding the lost sales for the length of time the store was closed. Section II: Problem Identification Two issues to address are the amount of sales Carlson department store would have made if there had
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Winglets Sales Agreement This Winglets Sales Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of the 23rd day of October‚ 2016‚ by and between CAROLINA MANUFACTURING AND DESING‚ INC. (“Seller”) referred to as Carolina‚ a small medium-sized corporation and EL – BUBBA (“Buyer”). WITNESSETH: WHERAS‚ Seller is engaged in the business of producing and selling winglets; and WHERAS‚ Buyer proposes to purchase these winglets from Carolina for a period of no less than five years with the right to continue to do business
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A marketing manager has to manage the marketing resources of a product or business‚ in my case I’m a general manager and I’m responsible of the entire brand. I will present you key responsibilities of a marketing manager that include: - Management of the marketing mix : 4P - Developing the marketing strategy: Target Market‚ Collaborators‚ Competitors Marketing Mix Product Hewlett Packard provides infrastructure technology‚ business process outsourcing‚ technology support and maintenance
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