Yes, you will know which quest they go on. However, information about quests will be handled differently a bit. You will learn about quests as parties go on them, you won't see the debug info.
The micro-management part is intentional. You should sell them stuff they need, which is not the same as stuff they want. For example, their last quest was combat-heavy, probably they are looking for damage and armour. But their next quest is finding the lost daughter. You know there's not much combat, but they need more charm. But they don't know, so they're not willing to pay much for charm items. What will you sell them?
To be honest, I want more decisions about the running and management of my shop. I don't want to play trainer/manager to a bunch of adventures, I just want to convince them to buy my rubbish at inflated prices.
