Cheap Assignment Help, an online tutoring company, provides students with a wide range of online assignment help services for students studying in classes K-12, and College or university. The Expert team of professional online assignment help tutors at Cheap Assignment Help .COM provides a wide range of help with assignments through services such as college assignment help, university assignment help, homework assignment help, email assignment help and online assignment help. Our expert team consists of passionate and professional assignment help tutors, having masters and PhD degrees from the best universities of the world, from different countries like Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, UAE and many more who give the best quality and plagiarism free answers of the assignment help questions submitted by students, on sharp deadline. Cheap Assignment Help .COM tutors are available 24x7 to provide assignment help in diverse fields - Math, Chemistry, Physics, Writing, Thesis, Essay, Accounting, Finance, Data Analysis, Case Studies, Term Papers, and Projects etc. We also provide assistance to the problems in programming languages such as C/C++, Java, Python, Matlab, .Net, Engineering assignment help and Finance assignment help. The expert team of certified online tutors in diverse fields at Cheap Assignment Help .COM available around the clock (24x7) to provide live help to students with their assignment and questions. We have also excelled in providing E-education with latest web technology. The Students can communicate with our online assignment tutors using voice, video and an interactive white board. We help students in solving their problems, assignments, tests and in study plans. You will feel like you are learning from a highly skilled online tutor in person just like in classroom teaching. You can see what the tutor is writing, and at the same time you can ask the questions which arise in your mind. You only need a PC with Internet connection or a Laptop with Wi-Fi Internet access. We provide live online tutoring which can be accessed at anytime and anywhere according to student’s convenience. We have tutors in every subject such as Math, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and English whatever be the school level. Our college and university level tutors provide engineering online tutoring in areas such as Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics engineering, Mechanical engineering and Chemical engineering.
Regards
http://www.cheapassignmenthelp.com/
http://www.cheapassignmenthelp.co.uk/
1. Pearson BTEC Level 5
HNC/D Diploma in Business
Sales Planning & Operations
Assessment
Date for Submission: 12th November 2015
The submission portal will close at 13:59 GMT
EXTRA NOTES
These ‘extra’ notes are intended to help you produce appropriate
responses to the tasks set in this assignment. They are not intended to
‘give you the answers’ but to act more as suggestions as to some possible
directions so please use your own independent thought, research &
creativity! ……
Set by: Simon Heaton
2. Assignment Brief
As part of the formal assessment for the HNC/D programme you are
required to submit an assignment for each module. Please refer to your
Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme
and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
After completing the module you should be able to:
LO1 Understand the role of personal selling within the overall marketing strategy
LO2 Be able to apply the principles of the selling process to a product or service
LO3 Understand the role and objectives of sales management
LO4 Be able to plan sales activity for a product or service.
Assignment Task
Please either conduct the assignment below based on an organisation of your
choosing (which must be agreed by the tutor in advance through sending your
tutor an email with your proposed organisational outline) or on the scenario
below. please ensure that you use the recommended reading – particularly the
listed ebooks in order to gain a sound understanding of the issues involved
before responding to the tasks – this will ensure a better balance of theory to
practice (a common downfall in this particular module is a lack of appropriate
theory):
Scenario
Scenario
Green2U are a small UK-based electrical engineering firm who specialise in
climate control in the home, selling environmentally friendly, efficient electronic
devices to ensure maximum efficiency to the home user. They have a range of
devices which, for example, control the heating & lighting of the home remotely &
room management systems which control the temperature of each room from a
central unit adjustable by the homeowner. They have expert fitters, who are
uniquely, both skilled as plumbers & electricians & so can ensure, for example,
when fitting new heating & lighting systems that all efficiency measures are taken
care of at the same time as installation – a one stop shop. They are unique in this
sense & have patents pending on some of the technology they employ.
Additionally, no one else in the market offers such a wide range of home-control
devices domestically. The firm are now keen to expand into the business market
selling their systems & services into public & private sector organisations & are
also keen to explore the possibilities of starting to operate their services across
the European Union. Taking the role as a small business adviser to this growing
small business you are asked to prepare a paper to advise them on how to
expand their business from a sales management point of view.
3. PART ONE (Briefing Paper)
Task One
Explain the 'AIDA' concept & how the sales team can help support other
elements of the promotional mix in moving potential clients through this process.
(1.1)
For example, advertising is good for raising awareness & getting the audience's
attention. Which other elements of the marketing communications mix are
relevant here? How can sales support advertising & what part of the AIDA model
would be best suited to the salesperson? Also consider any limitations of the
AIDA model and the traditional promotional mix. Suggested word count 400
words.
Task Two
Compare the differences between buyer behaviour in the B2B market and the
consumer market in terms of customer decision processes highlighting any key
differences for the sales team to be aware of when selling a product such as this
to different audiences. (1.2)
What aspects might a sales person focus on for the two different audiences for
example? The size of the order? the length of time it takes to gain an order, the
number of people involved in the decision, the criteria on which it might be
bought, etc....
You should give examples here - if a company as opposed to an individual is
buying a hotel stay for example, who might be involved in the decision? How
many might a company be buying? What decision process would they go
through? What would they expect? This is all covered in marketing textbooks &
you will need to research this. Suggested word count 400 words.
Task Three
Explain the role of a sales team within a marketing strategy, including an analysis
of how a sales strategy aligns to the achievement of corporate objectives of the
firm. Within your response you must state two corporate objectives in order to
explain the potential contribution made by an effective sales force. (1.3/3.1)
Give some examples of sales objectives & corporate objectives here to help
illustrate your point remembering to consider how the sales team contributes to
achievement of both & ensure full application to the firm/scenario Suggested
word count 400 words.
PART TWO (Presentation)
Please prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the newly appointed sales team
and the sales manager of the firm.
Section One (suggested 5-7 slides plus explanatory notes) - Construct a sales
presentation through which you can illustrate the principles & best practice of the
4. selling process to demonstrate to the newly appointed sales team how to sell the
product. (LO2.1, 2.2) You would need to consider the principles & best practice
of the selling process in preparing this, such issues as negotiating, handling &
pre-empting objections, closing the sale. Suggested word count 500 words.
Section Two (suggested 4-6 slides plus explanatory notes) - you must explain
the methods of organising and controlling a sales force in line with corporate
objectives. (LO3.1, 3.4)
AND explain the role customer database management has to play in effective
sales management and in the meeting of corporate objectives. (LO.3.1, 3.5)
This section should be quite self-explanatory but please ensure that you answer
the two aspects of the question fully with appropriate research via ebooks,etc
and full Harvard referencing - a common downfall is candidates trying to answer
this section without having read around the necessary background. In organising
and controlling a salesforce you should be looking at territory design for example
and in controlling sales output such aspects as performance against targets, etc.
Database management along the lines of client records, etc. Suggested word
count 300 words.
Please Note: Once you have prepared your PowerPoint Presentation copy & paste
each slide into your assignment or please go to the ‘File’ menu , click ‘Save as
Pictures…’, this will save each slide as a separate JPEG or TIFF file. These can
then be copy and pasted into the report. Each slide will need to be copied in
individually as I cannot open a presentation from Turnitin
PART THREE (Briefing Paper)
In terms of recruiting the right people to the sales team, explain the importance of
recruitment and selection procedures and provide an evaluation of how, following
appointment, an individual might be motivated through monetary reward & other
methods to achieve target whilst working for the organisation (including the role
of training in this respect). (3.2/3.3) n this section you should include any
appropriate motivational theories & techniques & consider their value to the firm
in attempting to motivate the sales force. Any limitations to be considered in
theories of motivating individuals/groups? As underlined - evaluation is of key
significance here - look at the study skills section of ilearn for more on such
'critical thinking skills' Suggested word count 1000 words.
PART FOUR (Briefing Paper)
Task One
The firm wants to work on selling abroad. Develop a sales plan for the firm in
entering foreign markets. What sales channels would you recommend here?
Included in this, you must investigate some of the opportunities and limitations for
5. selling abroad via the use of foreign-based sales agents or the establishment of a
foreign-based sales team ran by the firm from the UK. (4.1,4.2) You need to
consider & recommend sales channels such as direct, wholesalers, distributors,
online retailers, etc. What are the advantages & disadvantages of using agents
abroad to deal with business on your behalf in foreign country? - how do you
source them, train them, motivate them & monitor performance ensuring loyally
to your firm? Suggested word count 700 words.
Task Two
Finally, investigate the opportunities presented by exhibitions & trade fairs for the
firm as part of its promotional strategy in moving operations into the international
market, identifying specific trade fairs where possible. (4.3) Are they useful?
How? What are the issues for consideration? Are there alternatives? Alternatives
of course might be related to advancements in technology. As stated relate your
answer to actual exhibitions/trade fairs where possible again using referenced
material. Suggested word count 300 words
Formative Task
Please produce an outline / plan by making some brief notes/bullet points (or a
mind-map/diagram if you prefer) under each task heading as to what you intend
to include & discuss. Please submit it me via email (sheaton@rdi.co.uk) no later
than 4 weeks prior to the submission deadline.
6. Student Guidelines
1. You should write this assignment using headings & subheadings but not as a
formal report - you are submitting a briefing paper giving detail on the issues.
2. You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that
all sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which
show evidence of academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is
in the Induction Area). Please also refer to the ‘Guide to Unfair Practice in
Assessment’ on the module page on ilearn.
3. You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with
appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced
using the Harvard system. The ‘My Study Skills’ area contains the following
useful resources; Study Skills Guide (containing a Harvard Referencing section)
and a Harvard Referencing Interactive Tutorial. You must use the Harvard
Referencing method in your assignment.
4. You should use diagrams and tables of figures where appropriate ensuring to
reference their source using the Harvard Referencing method.
5. You are required to write your assignment within 4,000 words in order for your
research and summarising skills to be developed, and for effective time
management. You are required to ensure that the assignment addresses all of
the assessment tasks. In the interests of good academic practice, an
assignment submitted with excessive word counts (i.e. more than 10% in
excess of the limit) will be returned to you. You will be given a maximum of 48
hours to edit the work to reduce the word count to the permitted maximum. In
the event that the submission is still regarded as excessively long then, in
line with advice received from Pearson, we will be unable to accept it for
marking and you will receive a Refer grade for Non-Submission.
The word count excludes the title page, reference list and appendices. Where
assessment questions have been reprinted from the assessment brief these will
also be excluded from the word count. ALL other printed words ARE included
in the word count. Printed words include those contained within charts
and tables.
6. Your assignment should be submitted as a single document. For more
information please see the “Guide to Submitting an Assignment” document
available on the module page on iLearn.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU CHECK YOUR FINAL WORK AGAINST THE
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ON THE NEXT PAGE FOR COMPLETENESS -
YOU MUST HAVE ADDRESSED EACH OF THE PASS ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA TO ACHIEVE THE MODULE
7. Recommended Additional Resources
(This module is not covered by the core text)
EBSCO
Online E-Book recommended for this course – Hart, S, & Baker, M 2008, The
Marketing Book, Amsterdam: Elsevier / Butterworth-Heinemann, eBook
Collection (EBSCOhost).
(EBSCO host - available via ilearn)
Online E-Book recommended for this course – Jobber, D. and Lancaster, G.
2012, Selling and Sales Management, 9th edition. FT/Prentice Hall (MyiLibrary -
available via ilearn)
Online E-Book recommended for this course – Kotler, P. and Armstrong, G..
2013., Principles of Marketing, Global Edition. [online]. Pearson (MyiLibrary -
available via ilearn)
Online E-Book recommended for this course – Nicholson, F, Sherratt, A,
Meek, R, & Chartered Institute of, M 2009, CIM Coursebook, Oxford, UK:
Butterworth-Heinemann, eBook Collection (EBSCO host - available via ilearn)
Other Textbooks:
Johns T (1999) Perfect Customer Care: All You Need to Get It Right.
Random House
Miller W (2009) ProActive Sales Management: How to Lead, Motivate, and
Stay Ahead of the Game , Amacom.
Useful Definitions
Analysis - an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations
in making up the whole
Evaluation - an appraisal of the value of something
(http://www.wordreference.com/definition)
8. Tutor: Simon Heaton
Assessment Criteria for Pass
To achieve a pass you must meet all of the assessment criteria as stated
below. Failure to cover all of the assessment criteria will result in a referral
grade and you be required to re-submit your assignment.
Further guidance on completion of your assignment can be found in the
guidance notes which are posted on the group learning space by your
module tutor. For additional support please post questions onto the group
learning space, or email sheaton@rdi.co.uk
Descriptive content will dominate at this level but attempts should be made
at analysis
Learning
Outcomes/
Assessment
Criteria
Criteria Met
(you may wish
to use this in
your preparation
for your
assignment
submission)
LO 1: Understand the role of personal selling within the overall marketing
strategy
1.1 explain how personal selling supports the promotion mix Part One - T2
1.2 compare buyer behaviour and the decision making process in different
situations
Part One- T1
1.3 analyse the role of sales teams within marketing strategy Part One - T3
LO 2: Be able to apply the principle in the selling process to a product or
service
2.1 prepare a sales presentation for a product or service Part Two - S1
2.2 carry out sales presentations for a product or service Part Two - S1
LO 3: Understand the role and objectives of sales management
3.1 explain how sales strategies are developed in line with corporate objectives Part One - T3
3.2 explain the importance of recruitment and selection procedures Part Three
3.3 evaluate the role of motivation, remuneration and training in sales
management
Part Three
3.4 explain how sales management organise sales activity and control sales
output
Part Two - S2
3.5 explain the use of databases in effective sales management Part Two - S2
LO 4: Be able to plan sales activity for a product or service
4.1 develop a sales plan for a product or service Part Four - T1
4.2 investigate opportunities for selling internationally Part Four - T1
4.3 investigate opportunities for using exhibitions or trade
fairs.
Part Four - T2
9. Assessment Criteria for Merit
To achieve a Merit all of the Pass criteria need to be met, then the tutor
will assess whether you have met the Merit Criteria. Each of the Merit
criteria must have been met at least once within the assignment.
The following statements are examples of how a merit may be achieved, if
you do meet the Merit Criteria by showing you have reached this level in
other ways then credit will be awarded for this. You will need to meet M1,
M2, M3 at least once.
Application & analysis will be evident at this level
M1 - Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions
relevant theories have been applied & are evident throughout the work
such as an understanding & application buyer behaviour models in Task
1
An appropriate balance of theory & practice is evident throughout
demonstrating strong analysis. This should include the use of real-
life examples where possible
M1
M2 – Select design and apply appropriate methods/techniques
a range of sources of information used in addition to that provided on
the RDI learning materials site such as appropriate websites & texts
complex information has been synthesised and analysed such as the
relevance of the identified such as the role of the sales force in differing
situations - you should use ilearn to work through the study skills lesson
critical analysis
M2
M3 – Present and Communicate Findings
an appropriate style has been adopted which is free from major
grammatical error
logical and coherent arguments have been presented such the roles of
motivation & training, databases, etc & these demonstrate good
understanding
technical sales & marketing terminology & language has been
accurately used, demonstrating understanding
Comprehensive referencing of sources is evident in the work using the
Harvard format
M3
Assessment Criteria for Distinction
To achieve a Distinction you have met all of the Pass and the Merit
criteria. Each of the Distinction criteria must be met at least once within
the assignment.
The following statements are examples of how a Distinction may be
achieved, if you do meet the Distinction Criteria by showing you have
reached this level in other ways then credit will be awarded for this. You
will need to meet D1,D2,D3 at least once.
Analysis, evaluation & synthesis will be evident at this level
D1 - Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid
conclusions
realistic suggestions have been proposed for example in terms of how
to motivate a sales force through training or organise a sales team with
an acknowledgement of how motivation might vary between individuals
D1
D2 - Take responsibility for managing and organising activities
autonomy/independence demonstrated for example in your research into
D2
10. different sales strategies - aim to use a good balance of theory to practice
with reference to academic sources
Assignment is completed fully to deadline
D3 - Demonstrate convergent/lateral/creative thinking
Ideas are evaluated for their validity & realism in the context of the
organisation including any recommendations you have made for example
in recruitment & selection
capacity for innovation and creative thought has been used for
example in generating new ideas to improve the sales process &
motivating employees & in the PowerPoint presentation slides.
Additionally you will provide a logical rationale as to the strategy for
entering foreign markets
D3