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D099 Module 6
Sales Role Perceptions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Role stress | Occurs when an employee feels job pressures |
| Role ambiguity | The result of a salesperson's roles and responsibilities being unclear as the result of, for example, incomplete job descriptions or a change in role |
| Role inaccuracy | When a salesperson has a misunderstanding of the role he or she is expected to perform |
| Role conflict | When incompatible demands have been placed upon an employee |
| Job satisfaction | The amount of contentment a person feels in a job |
| Customer structure | Used by organizations that serve customers who need a particular type of product to be tailored specifically to them |
| Geography structure | An organization is based on geographic segmentation |
| Matrix structure | People from various functional areas of an organization are brought together for a special project and report to two supervisors |
| Product structure | Based on the goods or services that a company sells or produces by its organization unit and is typically used by companies with many product lines |
| Centralization | The degree to which authority is concentrated in one area of an organization |
| Personal factors | Factors such as gender, age, income level or social class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, lifestyle, religious beliefs, and culture |
| Object factors | The degree of information that a consumer has about a product |
| Situational factors | Products that can easily conform to and enrich a consumer's lifestyle tend to be consumed with more frequency and involvement |
| Social factors | Tend to rely on the opinions and advice of friends and family |
| Decentralization | Decision-making responsibilities are delegated by top management to middle and lower-level managers |
| Limited problem-solving mindset | Little consideration before arriving at a decision |
| Extended problem-solving mindset | A great deal of effort into their purchase decision, gathering information through research and taking care to evaluate all options before arriving at a decision |
| Sales role perception | A process by which a consumer identifies, organizes, and interprets information to create meaning |