Sticking together under pressure : the risk-sharing approach and trust-building in sales management

Autor: Besson, Madeleine, Löning, Hélène, Mendoza, C.
Přispěvatelé: Centre d'Études et de recherches en Management et TIC (CEMANTIC), Télécom Ecole de Management (TEM)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Département Management, Marketing et Stratégie (MMS), Télécom Ecole de Management (TEM)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris), ESCP-EAP (ESCP-EAP), Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: European Management Journal
European Management Journal, Elsevier, 2008, 26 (1), pp.11-23. ⟨10.1016/j.emj.2007.08.007⟩
ISSN: 0263-2373
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2007.08.007⟩
Popis: CNRS 3, FNEGE 3, HCERES B; International audience; Companies that rely on Management By Objectives systems typically encounter two types of difficulty: objectives may be too difficult to attain, especially when there is top-down pressure; and reference to objectives defined at the start of the year may be a questionable basis for year-end performance evaluation when managers’ results have been affected by unforeseen events. Our purpose is to examine how MBO is used when managers simultaneously face high pressure to achieve objectives and high environmental uncertainty.Based on a study of fourteen sales executives, this article identifies two types of organizational adjustments brought into play by executives to cope with this type of situation: a more collective management approach to ensure achievement of overall corporate objectives, and development of close interpersonal relationships that build mutual trust between sales executives and their staff.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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