Course: Personal Selling in Marketing

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Course title Personal Selling in Marketing
Course code KUMK/KOSPR
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, Czech, Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Benyahya Petra, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1.-2. Personal selling, part of the communication mix. History and development. Personal selling organizations and associations. 3.-4. The role of salespeople, salesperson competencies ? knowledge, skills, abilities, and characteristics. 5. Mystery shopping; 6. Stages of a sales negotiation ? preparation. 7. Stages of a sales negotiation ? sale. 8. Stages of a sales negotiation ? after-sales customer care. 9. Handling objections. 10. Types of customers. 11.-12. Manipulative techniques in personal selling. 13. Telephone sales.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Home preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 10 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 70 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
learning outcomes
characterize personal selling and determine its advantages and disadvantages
characterize personal selling and determine its advantages and disadvantages
describe the principles of personal selling
describe the principles of personal selling
characterize the individual phases of a business negotiation
characterize the individual phases of a business negotiation
describe basic negotiation tips
describe basic negotiation tips
describe pressure techniques in personal selling and how to resist them
describe pressure techniques in personal selling and how to resist them
Skills
prepare for personal selling
prepare for personal selling
recognize the type of customer and adapt your communication during personal selling accordingly
recognize the type of customer and adapt your communication during personal selling accordingly
apply individual selling and negotiation techniques
apply individual selling and negotiation techniques
respond appropriately to customer objections
respond appropriately to customer objections
assemble a scenario for mystery shopping
assemble a scenario for mystery shopping
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Skills
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Didactic test
Didactic test
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • ANDERSSON, S.; AWUAH G.B.; AAGERUP, U. a WICTOR, I. International Marketing Review. 2020.
  • Bělohlávek, František. 25 tipů lidí: jak s nimi jednat, jak je vést a motivovat. Praha : Grada, 2016. ISBN 9788024758725.
  • DAVIES, Melissa. Vyjednávání s respektem: umění budovat trvalá partnerství. Praha: Grada, 2023. ISBN 978-80-271-3568-4.
  • Jemelka, Jiří. Prodej - dřina nebo hra. Praha : Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4805-4.
  • LIMBECK, M. Velká kniha o prodeji: Nový hardselling - staňte se jedničkou na trhu. 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4095-9.
  • Marshall, Perry S. Pravidla 80/20 v prodeji a marketingu: jak prodat co nejvíce s co nejmenším úsilím. Praha: Management Press, 2015. ISBN 9788072612864.
  • Parker, Michael. Není důležité, co říkáte, ale jak to říkáte!: Umění prodat se, když na tom opravdu záleží. Praha: Naše vojsko, 2016. ISBN 9788020616142.
  • PAŘÍK, Radim. Umění vyjednat cokoliv. Praha: Grada, 2023. ISBN 978-80-271-2489-3.


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