Rutgers University - Dr. Madjid Tavana, Professor of Management ...

What do you like best about this course:
• We had to come up with our own problem statement and also its solution for assignments and that was a very good learning practice
• Good hands on course. I can see it will be helpful in future courses.
• planning & org of lectures
• I really like the way Professor Tavana teaches this course and makes the entire class so lively.
• The decision support system.
• A breath of fresh air compared to the other courses in engineering
• The practical applications of this course, especially the interesting new technologies that are advancing programming and decision support systems.
• Great Instructor, fun programs to learn
• Homework assignments help me focus on real-world application on the database systems. Flexibility of turning in assignments help me juggle class around my
extremely hectic work schedule.
• learning about different systems
• We can apply the learning in real life.
• -the professors's teaching style -learning different tools and techniques
• Professor Tavana is very much approachable and knowledgeable.
• The mix between theory and Practice is well balanced.
• I really like the way the Professor prepared the course material. It was easy to refer to and he was always open to any of our doubts and very much
approachable,flexible.
• Teaches good ways to do simple things
• Good intro to IT. Prof. Tavana kept it interesting.
• New software tools.
• Professor Tavana was very supportive and I really appreciate his interest about the course.
• The flow and method of teaching is very student friendly and hence easy to grasp.
• The instructor is very enthusiastic and made the lessons interesting and engaging.
• Teacher was fund, material was interesting
• The material is something I can see myself using in future.
• the way to teach
• The flexibility from the professor on turning in assignments.
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In what ways, if any, has this course or the instructor encouraged your intellectual growth and progress:
• Make us think and solve problems together and increasing the difficulty with every problem we do.
• better data mngmnt skills
• Interactive software system and his familiarity will all.
• Allowed to create our own problems as assignments.
• The instructor, through his innovative ways of getting assignments done, and through a very interesting way of using students' creativity to bring the best out of
their understanding, has made this a brilliant learning experience for me.
• Enjoy learning new systems now
• Reinforced that technologies like database managment and expert systems are extremely useful tools for making day-to-day and strategic business decisions.
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• It helped me understand the way technology can be effectively used by managers.It helped us be creative.
• Motivated to think new applications of the techniques learned in the class
• Created programs for the course that facilitated learning.
• Assignments given by the professor challenge you to think differently and develop unique and original ideas.