Question: Please answer the following case study: One Monday morning, Sanjay Nagpal a recent recruit from a reputed management institute in Manipal walked into the sales
Please answer the following case study:

One Monday morning, Sanjay Nagpal a recent recruit from a reputed management institute in Manipal walked into the sales office at Chennai as a new sales trainee. Raghavan, the Zonal Sales Manager for a large computer hardware firm was there to greet him. Raghavan's job consisted of overseeing the work of sales officer, field executives and trainee salesmen numbering over 50 of three areas namely Chennai, Bangalore, and Trivendrum. The sales growth of computers, parts and other office equipment in his area was highly satisfactory, especially in recent years - thanks to the developmental initiatives taken by respective State Governments in spreading computer education in offices, schools, colleges, banks and other institutions. Raghavan had collected several sales reports, catalogues and pamphlets describing in detail the types of office equipment sold by the company. After a pleasant chat about their backgrounds, Raghavan gave Sanjay the collected material and showed him to his assigned desk. Thereafter Raghavan excused himself and did not return. Sanjay spent the whole day scanning the material and at 5.00pm he picked up his things and went home. Questions: 1. What do you think about Raghavan's training program? 2. What type of sale training program would you suggest? 3. What method of training would have been best under the circumstances? Would you consider OJT, simulation or experiential methods
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