Pros:
If you have the old tests, you will get an A unless you somehow blackout during the exam period. I found him pretty interesting and he sometimes sounds like Mr. Mackey off South Park.
Cons:
Slides can be rather boring.
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on 4/27/11
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3
MGMT 3000 - PRINCIPLES OF MGMT
Just to give you a heads up, here's what one of Pirkle's test questions generally looks like,
"Think back to when I pulled up Starbuck's website in class. What product was Starbuck's advertising on it's homepage?
a. Premium Roast
b. Via
c. Mocha
d. G...
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Just to give you a heads up, here's what one of Pirkle's test questions generally looks like,
"Think back to when I pulled up Starbuck's website in class. What product was Starbuck's advertising on it's homepage?
a. Premium Roast
b. Via
c. Mocha
d. Ground Coffee Beans"
So...yeah...expect those types of questions.
Pros:
He's a nice, easy-going lecturer. Despite what many people say, the random things Pirkle says and shows in class, that are unrelated to the subject at hand, are actually pretty interesting and useful from a real-life perspective.
Cons:
The random things Pirkle says and shows in class, that are unrelated to the subject at hand, make up about half of his tests.
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on 4/7/11
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MGMT 3000
PRINCIPLES OF MGMT
3
Pros: He's a nice, easy-going lecturer. Despite what many people say, the random things Pirkle says and shows in class, that are unrelated to the subject at hand, are actually pretty interesting and useful from a real-life perspective.
Cons: The random things Pirkle says and shows in class, that are unrelated to the subject at hand, make up about half of his tests.
Just to give you a heads up, here's what one of Pirkle's test questions generally looks like,
"Think back to when I pulled up Starbuck's website in class. What product was Starbuck's advertising on it's homepage?
a. Premium Roast
b. Via
c. Mocha
d. Ground Coffee Beans"
So...yeah...expect those types of questions.
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on April 7, 2011
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MGMT 3000
PRINCIPLES OF MGMT
4
Pros: If you have the old tests, you will get an A unless you somehow blackout during the exam period. I found him pretty interesting and he sometimes sounds like Mr. Mackey off South Park.
Cons: Slides can be rather boring.
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on April 27, 2011
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MGMT 3000
PRINCIPLES OF MGMT
4
Takes random attendance in class. Overall exams are pretty easy but he does ask questions with picky little details in them from class discussions on websites, articles, etc. Easy homework- usually 1 per week and most are just graded for completion.
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on October 28, 2009
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MGMT 3000
PRINCIPLES OF MGMT
1
Pros: If you attend regularly and are on the edge of a grade at the end of the semester, he will bump you up.
Cons: Boring. All he talks about is China.
Professor rated by: Accounting Student on February 9, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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3
Pay attention in class. He uses info in class on tests. Examples in the powerpoints are basically the whole test each time.
Professor rated by: Business Student on May 3, 2010
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MGMT 3000
PRINCIPLES OF MGMT
1
Pros: Optional final.
Cons: You won't learn anything.
His exams are over random and unrelated material.
Very monotone.
Hard of hearing.
He could care less about teaching or your opinion.
He's the worst teacher I've had in college. I've never seen a class in college actually group together against a teacher. He had to spend about half a class fielding our criticism about his teaching and his exams. What it boiled down to was he really didn't care. Only take him if you have absolutely no other choice. If you do take him, memorize all the seemingly meaningless and random numbers he mentions in class (China's GDP in 2007, Toll Brothers IPO, Zipcar's age restrictions, etc.). You won't actually learn anything, but I've yet to learn anything in my MGMT classes anyway.
Professor rated by: Economics Student on December 6, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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2
Pros: Pirkle is a nice guy and really smart, the final is optional, no work other than the tests
Cons: The tests are very detailed and difficult, they cover very broad topics and numbers that were mentioned once in class on a website or in an article, he says that everything he says in class can be put on a test and he means it, the lecture is very boring and hard to pay attention to, if you don't sit in the front 3 rows you can't use your computer, attendance is checked almost everyday
Professor rated by: Business Student on January 9, 2012
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MGMT 3000
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2
Pros: If you are good at memorizing random facts and are usually a good note taker or have previous semester's test...take him
Cons: test on random facts, did't really learn any useful material
slept through more of his class, really boring, He's probably a good MBA teacher, MGMT3000 is too broad for him. I usually study the night before his test and memorize everything and so far i have a 95 in the class (be warned, 1st test, ALL NUMBERS!)
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on October 19, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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1
Pros: I literally cannot think of anything
Cons: His tests ask ridiculous minute details that you would never think of studying. An example of one of this test questions is: "What was the exchange rate of the yuan in 2007?"
You will waste your time and breath not only sitting in the class but studying for exams that will NEVER prepare you for the real world.
TAKE ANOTHER TEACHER.
Professor rated by: International Affairs Student on September 24, 2011
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MGMT 3000
PRINCIPLES OF MGMT
1
Cons: Tests are ridiculously stupid and pointless. You can study as much management material you want, but he takes random crap from random websites for tests questions. HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH LEARNING PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT. Very ridiculous set up for his tests
Professor rated by: Marketing Student on May 3, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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4
Pros: Smart guy. Knows a lot of information about a broad number of topics.
The final is optional.
If the grade is low enough then he will curve.
Cons: A lot of the tests come from random numbers on the power points.
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on November 7, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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4
Pros: Easy if you're willing to read and go to class.
Cons: Extremely boring class and he takes attendance frequently
I would recommend taking this if you don't mind going to class and you are good at reading your material
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on April 10, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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2
Pros: No other work other than the 3 exams. Final is optional.
Cons: Extremely, extremely boring.
Attendance is randomly taken and counts off a LOT for your grade if you miss more than 2 of the attendance checks.
Professor rated by: Marketing Student on May 4, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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Cons: Not very interesting at all. Class was very boring and did not learn anything. His teaching methods are horrible. Avoid if you actually want to learn something.
Professor rated by: Management Student on May 17, 2011
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5
Pros: Easy class. You can not go to class and get a good grade.
Cons: He's smart I just have a hard time paying attention in his lectures.
Professor rated by: Marketing Student on April 6, 2010
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MGMT 3000
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3
Pros: straight laced tests
no hw
Cons: attendance policy
kind of boring lecturer
random test questions from websites shown in class
Professor rated by: Management Student on April 9, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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2
Pros: Material is pretty easy
Cons: Class is soooo boring and he goes off on tangents that make no sense
Professor rated by: Accounting Student on October 5, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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4
Boring lectures but material is very easy. Easy A if you study and go to class.
Professor rated by: Management Information Systems Student on May 15, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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3
Pros: You learn a lot about China/
Cons: BORING
Professor rated by: Undeclared Student on May 17, 2011
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MGMT 3000
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3
Very boring teacher.
Professor rated by: Management Student on November 4, 2009
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