Hassan Sherwani ROLE OF SALES AND MARKETING IN ... - Oulu
Hassan Sherwani ROLE OF SALES AND MARKETING IN ... - Oulu
Hassan Sherwani ROLE OF SALES AND MARKETING IN ... - Oulu
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regard, the thesis seeks to reach clarification and develop a fundamental understanding<br />
how come sales and marketing functions are affected by those changing trends.<br />
Moreover, thesis tends to highlight the contribution, role and levels of integration of<br />
sales and marketing within organization influenced by significant internal and external<br />
factors such as technology, government policy and trends of customer need.<br />
Consequently, the thesis seeks to answer the research question and contribute to the<br />
practical and theoretical understanding of how sales and marketing units may contribute<br />
effectively for their respective organization against local and global competitive energy<br />
industry.<br />
1.4 Research and methodology<br />
Based on the previously stated research question, the thesis develops a theoretical<br />
framework which is in turn used to analyze the research question. The thesis starts with<br />
a literature review to describe the role and contribution of sales and marketing. In the<br />
following, the thesis studies changing trends in energy business based on carefully<br />
selected and acknowledged literature.<br />
As far as methodology is concerned, a case study following the recommendation of Yin<br />
(1994), has been implemented. The reason of choosing case study is empirical<br />
investigation of a particular contemporary phenomenon within real life context. The<br />
choice of a single case routes from the nature of the research and the significance of the<br />
chosen case. Furthermore, there is a strong relation of the research findings to existing<br />
theory. There is qualitative research through face-to-face interviews because of having<br />
the ability to collect a rich and detailed set of data. Furthermore the choice of face-toface<br />
interviews adds to the context in which answers of the interviewee are stated.<br />
1.5 Description of key terms<br />
Less commonly used terms have been and will be used throughout this study. In order to<br />
prevent misunderstanding, the most often used terms are defined in below;<br />
Sales and Marketing: In general, Sales is an exchange of object for money whereas<br />
marketing has broader meaning that involve in packaging and selling products.