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Personal selling (5 cr)

Code: MY00BI99-3003

General information


Enrollment

16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020

Timing

13.01.2020 - 30.04.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

12 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Sales and Marketing

Teachers

  • Kirsi Soulamo
  • Mari Maunula

Teacher in charge

Mari Maunula

Groups

  • MYKV19KM
  • PAKV19KM
    Service design, part-time studies

Objective

You know how to acquire intelligence of customers, products and competitors to support personal selling.
You can describe a company’s sales process and you can act appropriately.
You can carry out a personal selling negotiation appropriately.

Content

What is the role and importance of sales and personal selling as a part of a company’s marketing?
How do selling to consumers, companies and other organisations differ from each other?
What is a strategy-based sales process?
What are personal selling skills and how are they developed?
How do communication styles affect personal selling?
What are the stages in sales negotiation and how is a sales negotiation managed?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisities