Advanced Global Sales Management (5cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

The detail and up-to-date information are available in the Moodle course workspace.
Weekly lectures and assignments.
Fall semester: the course ends the latest in the third week of December.
Spring semester: the course ends the latest at the end of May.
More details to be announced during the course.

Objective

Student is aware and understands international aspects of selling and sales management. Student will also acquire basic understanding on how to deal with the specifics of sales strategies, key account management, sales forecasting and budgeting, and the role of selling in marketing.

ILO 1
Proactive Development
Develop solutions to current and future business challenges using knowledge, critical reasoning, and analytical skills.

ILO 3
Ethics
Benchmark and demonstrate ethical and responsible managerial behaviour in business decision-making.

Execution methods

100% online

THIS COURSE IS 100% ONLINE.

Please, read the following instructions BEFORE you start the course:
This is a continuous online implementation, which means that there are no deadlines, no reminders, and no announcements. You are entirely responsible to plan and track your progress while taking this course.
To start the course enroll in Peppi and inform the lecturer in charge that you have done so by email to: piotr.krawczyk@jamk.fi
If you have any questions about the course content or technical problems, please, email: piotr.krawczyk@jamk.fi
In order to pass the course, it is compulsory to complete all the activities (chapter quizzes, video quizzes, and the final exam).
The minimum final grade to pass the course and get the credits is 1 (the final grade is composed of the total amount of points collected from all the chapter quizzes, video quizzes, and the final exam). If your final grade is 0, you have not passed the course.
Once you have completed all the chapter quizzes, video quizzes, and the final exam please send me (piotr.krawczyk@jamk.fi) an email stating that the course is done and you would like your credits and the final course grade to be transferred to Peppi. Before you do so please make sure to double check that you completed all the chapter quizzes, video quizzes, and the final exam.

The detail and up-to-date information are available in the Moodle course workspace.

Content

The core parts of the course include - Strategic planning in sales, Sales leadership, Analysing customers and markets, Designing and developing the sales force, Sales process management, Sales measurement, analysis, and knowledge management.

Location and time

THIS COURSE IS 100% ONLINE.

Please, read the following instructions BEFORE you start the course:
This is a continuous online implementation, which means that there are no deadlines, no reminders, and no announcements. You are entirely responsible to plan and track your progress while taking this course.
To start the course enroll in Peppi and inform the lecturer in charge that you have done so by email to: piotr.krawczyk@jamk.fi
If you have any questions about the course content or technical problems, please, email: piotr.krawczyk@jamk.fi
In order to pass the course, it is compulsory to complete all the activities (chapter quizzes, video quizzes, and the final exam).
The minimum final grade to pass the course and get the credits is 1 (the final grade is composed of the total amount of points collected from all the chapter quizzes, video quizzes, and the final exam). If your final grade is 0, you have not passed the course.
Once you have completed all the chapter quizzes, video quizzes, and the final exam please send me (piotr.krawczyk@jamk.fi) an email stating that the course is done and you would like your credits and the final course grade to be transferred to Peppi. Before you do so please make sure to double check that you completed all the chapter quizzes, video quizzes, and the final exam.

The detail and up-to-date information are available in the Moodle course workspace.

Materials

Title: Sales Management: International Edition

Authors: Jeff Tanner, Earl D. Honeycutt, Robert C. Erffmeyer
Publisher: Pearson Higher Education
Copyright: 2009
Published: 02 Dec 2008 for wider reading Title: Selling and Sales Management, 8/E

Authors: David Jobber,Geoffrey Lancaster
Publisher: Financial Times Press
Copyright: 2009
Published: 02 Apr 2009

Teaching methods

Video recorded lectures, video assignments, cases, quizzes, and an exam.

Employer connections

No connections

Exam schedules

The detail and up-to-date information are available in the Moodle course workspace.
Exam is held online.
There is 1 retake possibility. Specific time and date are announced after the grading of the first attempt and are available in the course workspace.

International connections

Jamk students can take the course online while abroad, and the course is also available for exchange students and students of selected partner institutions (Eg. EM Normandie and ICD Paris)

Completion alternatives

100% online teaching
The detail and up-to-date information are available in the Moodle course workspace.
No alternative completion methods other than available through the Moodle course workspace.

Student workload

100% Virtual: study 70 h, assignments 40 h, independent study 25 h.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Course assessment is based on quizzes:

How learning will be assessed:
The general criteria of the competences of the Bachelor's Degrees awarded by Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences.
The learning outcomes of individual courses are assessed in relation to the objectives of the course concerned. Assessment is based on knowledge, skills and competence in accordance with the National and European Qualifications Framework, level 6.

You will get a grade of ‘one' or 'two' if you are able to demonstrate a basic level of evidence in the following competences:
Responsible international business management
Ethics
Operating in a workplace

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Course assessment is based on quizzes:

How learning will be assessed:
The general criteria of the competences of the Bachelor's Degrees awarded by Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences.
The learning outcomes of individual courses are assessed in relation to the objectives of the course concerned. Assessment is based on knowledge, skills and competence in accordance with the National and European Qualifications Framework, level 6.

You will get a grade of ‘three' of 'four' if you are able to demonstrate a good level of evidence in the following competences:
Responsible international business management
Ethics
Operating in a workplace

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Course assessment is based on quizzes:

How learning will be assessed:
The general criteria of the competences of the Bachelor's Degrees awarded by Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences.
The learning outcomes of individual courses are assessed in relation to the objectives of the course concerned. Assessment is based on knowledge, skills and competence in accordance with the National and European Qualifications Framework, level 6.

You will get a grade of ‘five’ if you are able to demonstrate an excellent level of evidence in the following competences:
Responsible international business management
Ethics
Operating in a workplace

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Further information

The detail and up-to-date information are available in the Moodle course workspace.

The assessment method for this course is designed with specific criteria crafted for each assignment/project and the overarching learning objectives. Detail and specific information regarding assessment can be accessed within the dedicated course workspace.

Exchange students: 20 places (included in the total capacity).