Yo. I'm back with another one of my super long course review posts.
Time flies by so quickly... and I'm beginning to feel old.
MGMT3721 (Negotiations)
Ease: 7/10. If you pay attention to your workshops and lectures, it won't be difficult to get a decent mark on all your assessments. They also give an incredible amount of feedback as you progress, so even if you failed the first plan, it should be easy to pass everything else.
Content: 6/10. This course teaches you theories on how to negotiate well. That's pretty much it. If you're expecting anything more than that, you're looking at the wrong course.
Lecturer: Peter --> 7.5/10. He's a great guy! And he explains the content rather well. But I kept falling asleep in his lectures. Not sure if it was because of the late time or the content itself or him, but yeah. Also, he almost never finishes teaching the week's content, so expect to go home and read the textbook to fill in the gaps.
Tutor: Noa --> 8.5/10. Really friendly lady that explains the content really well and really tries her best to help everyone with their problems.
Overall: 7/10. If you really have to pick a Management course, you might as well try this one. It's not too difficult to get decent grades, the lecturers and tutors are super enthusiastic about the subject and have many years of experience teaching it, and you're sure to make a few friends here and there through your workshops. Just be prepared to roll your eyes at the theories. And answer questions from Peter in the lectures.
ACCT2522 (Management Accounting 1A)
Ease: 6.5/10. If you properly study and do your homework every week, you should be able to get decent marks in all the assessments. The exam, like in most Accounting courses, will try to do you in, but proper study should make it easier to pass. Also, make sure you do all those practice quizzes. You'll need all the free marks you can get!
Content: 6.5/10. Content is definitely a level up in difficulty compared to ACCT1511 (Accounting 1B). Some parts are boring, but for the most part, I was satisfied with what I learned.
Lecturers: Linda --> 6.5/10. She makes me fall asleep, but she does teach well. // Brian --> 4.5/10. Just fell asleep in all his classes. // Nicole --> 6.5/10. Fell asleep the least in her class. She also teaches quite well. Make sure you don't talk when she's teaching though. She has really sharp ears and can hear you all the way from back!
Tutor: Christian --> 6.5/10. Likes doing a lot of group work. Teaches alright, but wish he could explain everything better. // Linda --> 8/10. Had her as a substitute teacher. She's scary, but she teaches really well and gives you advice that will really save your butt in future assessments! Be prepared to work like a dog and be absolutely perfect in her tutorials.
Overall: 6.5/10. Has its good points and bad points. Study well and you'll feel better about the course.
FINS1613 (Business Finance) - retaking, ugh.
Ease: 7/10. If you're going to take this course, I strongly recommend taking it in semester 1 with Robert. The overall difficulty level of the quizzes and the final exam is a lot easier when he's teaching the course. Make sure you attend all the lectures and do all the online homework though, or you'll definitely be screwed.
Content: 7/10. Actually understood the content this time around, so I was pleasantly surprised by how interesting it actually was.
Lecturers: Robert --> 9.5/10. One of the best lecturers I've ever had. Teaches well, will slow down for you if you need it, jokes around, etc. // Ying --> 6/10. Teaches well enough, but his lectures just make me fall asleep. His lecture slides are extremely detailed, so you can just skip his lectures if you have a good enough grasp of the subject. // Zhian --> 4.5/10. Fell asleep. Accent makes it difficult to understand him.
Tutor: Jeremy --> 8/10. Friendly guy that teaches pretty well. He likes to test our minds by asking questions that we'll never get tested on in the course, but that will be useful if you're planning on pursuing Finance as a major in the future. Also easy to go up to him if you don't understand something. He doesn't push anyone to answer a question either. Overall, pretty good tutor, would recommend. Only wish he'd write larger!
Overall: 7/10. Actually had a fairly pleasant experience with this course the second time around. As I said earlier, I would highly recommend everyone to take this course in semester 1. So much easier and there's a lot more support.
MGMT2718 (Human Resource Management)
Ease: 8/10. Barely even attended the lectures. Just rocked up for every tutorial and did some reading at home and I'm currently on track for a high credit or distinction.
Content: 5/10. The content is similar to what you'd find in MGMT1001 or MGMT1002. It's meant to be an introduction to Human Resources. It was a huge mistake to take this after taking another upper level Human Resources/Management course! The level of bull you'll have to study and spout off is just like doing MGMT1001/MGMT1002 all over again...
Lecturer: Ian --> 3/10. Keep falling asleep in all of his lectures. Speaks really slowly and softly and just keeps marching through the material without ever changing his tone. Also doesn't know how to use technology, but that's another story.
Tutor: Xiaoli --> 4/10. Friendly enough, but she can't control the class at all, takes marks off without giving any explanation on why those marks were taken off, and keeps interrupting when you're trying to do group work. If you have her, grin and bear it. And if she asks you a question, just bull.
Overall: 3/10. Two words:
EXTREMELY DISORGANIZED. I have never had a course as frustratingly disorganized as this course was. The lecturer didn't bother telling us the mid-semester exam was open book until
the day before! He also didn't know how to use Moodle properly, so all his announcements were never sent to any of our emails. And the tutorial facilitation will be one of the most annoying assignments you'll have to do, because the instructions aren't clear at all and there's almost no guidelines whatsoever. The first 2-3 groups had to bullcrap
everything, and in the end they were told by our tutor that they were supposed to do the tutorial facilitation tasks that was in a Word document that came out
AFTER the third week of tutorial facilitations! Doing this course really made me reconsider doing Human Resources as a major...
