THE EFFECT OF SALES FORCE MOTIVATION ON SALES PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE(A STUDY OF COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY PLC.)
ABSTRACT
Sales force motivation describes a sales force intrinsic enthusiasm about and drives to accomplish work. Every sales force is motivated about something in his or her life. Motivating sales forces about work is the combination of fulfilling the sales force needs and expectations from work and workplace factors that enable sales force motivation – or not. These variables make motivating employees challenging. Information about motivating sales force is readily available but it‘s hard to apply the ideas in many workplaces. Too many workplaces still act as if the sales force should be grateful to have a job. Managers are on power trips and sales force policies and procedures are formulated based on the assumption that you cannot trust sales force to do the right thing. Communication is never transparent and there is always a secret message or a hidden agenda. Motivating sales force in this work environment is tough, if not impossible. Fortunately, most work environments are not in this extreme. They each have their own set of problems, but managers appreciate that motivating sales force will bring positive results for the Organization. This study used a descriptive approach. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected to answer the research questions. Both interviews and questionnaires were used to gather these data and analysis were done using words, tables and statistics. The one on one interviews and the administration of questionnaires was of an enormous help to the researcher for effective comparison of all responses. After the study it was found that motivation serves as a factor which influenced performance and hence increases productivity. It is therefore important that sales force of coca-cola bottling company are well motivated to ensure sales force performance in the company.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page – – – – – – – – – – i-ii
Approval page – – – – – – – – – iii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – iv
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – – v
Abstract – – – – – – – – – – vi
Table of content – – – – – – – – vii
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Background of study – – – – – – 1
1.2 Historical background – – – – – – 3
1.3 Statement of the problem – – – – – 4
1.4 Objective of the study- – – – – – – 5
1.5 Significance of the study – – – – – – 6
1.6 scope of the study- – – – – – – – 6
1.7 research questions – – – – – – – 7
1.8 statement of hypothesis – – – – – – 7
1.9 Definition of terms- – – – – – – – 8
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Introduction- – – – – – – – – 10
2.1 Motivation- – – – – – – – – 10
2.2 Theories of motivation- – – – – – – 11
2.3 Strategies for motivation- – – – – – 14
2.4 Factors for motivation – – – – – – 16
2.5 Sales personnel performance – – – – – 18
2.6 Determinates of sales performance- – – – 19
2.7 Measures of sales performance- – – – – 21
2.8 Methods of evaluating sales performance- – – 23
2.9 Relationship between motivation and performance- 24
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Introduction- – – – – – – – – 26
3.2 Research design – – – – – – – – 26
3.3 Sampling design- – – – – – – – 26
3.4 Data collection – – – – – – – – 27
3.5 Data collection instruments – – – – – – 28
3.6 Data processing analysis and presentation- – – 28
3.7 limitation of the study- – – – – – – 28
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 Introduction – – – – – – – – – 30
4.2 Findings on motivation tools used by Coca-cola Bottling Company Plc, Owerri- – – – – – – – 30
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Introduction- – – – – – – – – 38
5.1 Summary of findings- – – – – – – 38
5.2 Conclusion- – – – – – – – – 39
5.3 Recommendation – – – – – – – – 40
References – – – – – – – – – 44
Appendix- – – – – – – – – – 48
Questionnaire- – – – – – – – – 49
THE EFFECT OF SALES FORCE MOTIVATION ON SALES PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE(A STUDY OF COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY PLC.)