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

I would assign a different project than the group project we completed using one of the programs we learned in class. Our
project consisted of a 35-page report which I did not expect would be part of this class.
Don't grade for prettiness of slideshow. It is not relevant to the course and in my opinion is similar to my seven year old
daughter's "cut and paste" school projects. I undersatnd the need to know how to make a nice presentation to clients for
example, but being that it is not the focus of this course, I have a lot more productive things to do with my time.
For those that are not as fast paced, I would detail out more the steps involved for each program. While in class its fine and
easy to follow but afterwards its sometimes difficult to remember which steps to take when.
pick items that help with work in the real world
Teach more programs because learning 5 programs seemed too little. Class project should weigh higher percentage of overall
grade considering it takes more time do it.
Ensure the software used is compatable with all operationg systems or find a workaround. It is difficult to travel to campus to
complete homework assignements.
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Great Professor!
I wasn't looking forward to this class, but it is one of the only classes I've taken in the MBA program where I felt I would be
missing something worthwhile if I didn't attend class every week.
class is overall interesting. however some of the softwares are very old. it would be better if you use newer technology that
is more relevant.
we have to MAKE UP stories for the homeworks. we would rather solve any given problems.
It's refreshing to have a class where the professor teaches the class like an MBA level class. To many RU professors teach
graduate classes like undergraduate classes. To bad Prof Tavana isn't a full time RU professor.
Great job. Excellent professor. One of the most knowledgable, approachable, and interesting professors I've had at Rutgers
This was a very enjoyable class. Thank you!
The professor is very knowledgeable and friendly. His teaching methods are very good and I really enjoyed interacting with him.
I feel that the group project we had to do for this class was totally not related to the actual class and the course material.
The only exception is the analysis done in Excel, but even that was pretty simple especially with the demo spreadsheet
provided. We were required to turn in a 35 page paper written about a topic absolutely not related to the course material. I
fell that we were required to write the 35 pages just so that the course would be challenging enough, because it is a graduate
level course.
Overall; great course!
Assignments on each program helped alot to understand how to utilize each software more effectively.