MKT40500 Managing Sales Relations

Academic Year 2018/2019

In today's global competitive environment, the successful sales and marketing manager is a leader guided by strategic vision, a customer value creation philosophy and interpersonal competencies in equal measures. At the same time, managers and business leaders who do not have sales or marketing responsibilities require deep insights into their firm's customers and the relationships they have with the firm. This module takes a strategic slant toward sales and marketing issues, particularly emphasising the issue of organisational alignment. It introduces participants to the managerial challenges of successful customer relationship building and maintenance in the sales and marketing areas. It will provide students with the necessary tools to implement an organisational structure for strategic customer management, placing particular emphasis on how sales, marketing and other company divisions can be integrated to increase customer value. This module is recommended for students who are currently holding or aim to hold general management, sales or marketing positions in any industry ranging from manufacturing to professional services and public organisations. During this module we will reflect on both the context of small to medium sized enterprises and on larger firms in a variety of business-to-business industries and in a global environment.