MGMT 159
Foundations of Business and Entrepreneurship
Description: Lecture, three hours. Introductory overview of core areas of business and entrepreneurship including accounting, finance, marketing, operations, organization behavior, and strategy. Discussion of concepts in context of large existing organizations, small businesses, and new entrepreneurial ventures. Students gain solid foundational knowledge of components of business as well as how organizations are managed in increasingly competitive and global economy. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2023 - Please if I can leave you with one piece of advice is DO NOT take Professor Nathanson while at UCLA. Whether you're an Econ major or not, DO NOT take this Professor. I've been fortunate to have some really incredible Professors at UCLA, but this man should not be teaching. He has a career in Entrepreneurship, but he should not be teaching. The concepts are not explained at all, his tests are incredibly unfair (though he'll argue with you that they are) and he constantly insults his students when they ask questions that are considered "basic" or "stupid" according to him. He took a poll at the beginning of this quarter to see what students were in his class. 75 out of 280 students were Econ majors. Professor Nathanson explained that the "majority" of the class was therefore Econ and he would teach more advanced topics and not clarify basic accounting principles because the class was "mostly Econ" despite the majority of the class being humanities and science majors with no Entrepreneurship or Accounting experience. The midterm was not at all what he prepared us for. I studied for 2 weeks all of the in-depth terms that were in the weekly chapter assessments and the exam contained none of those concepts. The average on the midterm was a 60%, but the Professor argued with those who tried to ask questions by saying that the exam was "completely fair." Professor Nathanson also insulted all the students who needed scratch paper on the test, saying that the math was simple and those who needed scratch paper were clearly unprepared for the class and needed to go back to reviewing simple math. If you can avoid Professor Nathanson in your time at UCLA, I would plead with you to do so. His class made many of his students insecure about their intelligence, frustrated about their grade, and hopeless with the lack of help and poor lectures. In my time at UCLA, I've never ever left a negative review, nor have I EVER contacted the department on behalf of a Professor. However, this Professor should not be teaching at UCLA.
Winter 2023 - Please if I can leave you with one piece of advice is DO NOT take Professor Nathanson while at UCLA. Whether you're an Econ major or not, DO NOT take this Professor. I've been fortunate to have some really incredible Professors at UCLA, but this man should not be teaching. He has a career in Entrepreneurship, but he should not be teaching. The concepts are not explained at all, his tests are incredibly unfair (though he'll argue with you that they are) and he constantly insults his students when they ask questions that are considered "basic" or "stupid" according to him. He took a poll at the beginning of this quarter to see what students were in his class. 75 out of 280 students were Econ majors. Professor Nathanson explained that the "majority" of the class was therefore Econ and he would teach more advanced topics and not clarify basic accounting principles because the class was "mostly Econ" despite the majority of the class being humanities and science majors with no Entrepreneurship or Accounting experience. The midterm was not at all what he prepared us for. I studied for 2 weeks all of the in-depth terms that were in the weekly chapter assessments and the exam contained none of those concepts. The average on the midterm was a 60%, but the Professor argued with those who tried to ask questions by saying that the exam was "completely fair." Professor Nathanson also insulted all the students who needed scratch paper on the test, saying that the math was simple and those who needed scratch paper were clearly unprepared for the class and needed to go back to reviewing simple math. If you can avoid Professor Nathanson in your time at UCLA, I would plead with you to do so. His class made many of his students insecure about their intelligence, frustrated about their grade, and hopeless with the lack of help and poor lectures. In my time at UCLA, I've never ever left a negative review, nor have I EVER contacted the department on behalf of a Professor. However, this Professor should not be teaching at UCLA.
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Winter 2025 - You're going to learn a lot in this class, but be aware there is a decent amount of work. This class is great if you are willing to put in the work and do assignments, if not, then it will be a little tougher. Grading is a little abstract but as long as you follow the instructions you should be fine. This was the quarter he made his tests more difficult to prevent too many people getting A's so take what you want out of that. Overall, if you are interested in business/entrepreneurship, then this is the class for you. Would recommend this professor because he genuinely cares about students, wants them to succeed, and is a great and engaging lecturer. I would reccomend.
Winter 2025 - You're going to learn a lot in this class, but be aware there is a decent amount of work. This class is great if you are willing to put in the work and do assignments, if not, then it will be a little tougher. Grading is a little abstract but as long as you follow the instructions you should be fine. This was the quarter he made his tests more difficult to prevent too many people getting A's so take what you want out of that. Overall, if you are interested in business/entrepreneurship, then this is the class for you. Would recommend this professor because he genuinely cares about students, wants them to succeed, and is a great and engaging lecturer. I would reccomend.
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