Professor
Michael Williams
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Fall 2020 - Professor Williams should be avoided at all costs, especially during remote learning. All of his classes during remote learning are asynchronous including MGMT 121, 122, 124, and probably others. During Fall 2020, the MGMT 121 course was broken down into three modules: module 1 covering Weeks 1-4, module 2 covering Weeks 5-7, and module 3 covering Weeks 8-10. Each module has one assignment worth 33% of the grade. The promise on the syllabus is that the lecture videos and class material would be uploaded at the beginning of each module. NOPE! Professor Williams uploaded the module 2 materials during week 9, and the module 3 materials on Friday and Sunday of Week 10 with no prior communication about the delay. His attitude towards students is "deal with it!" and he shows nothing but disrespect towards students' time and negligence towards his own duty as a professor. He doesn't respond to emails, he doesn't upload things on time, he doesn't communicate with students, he frequently makes irrelevant and insensitive political commentary, etc. All of these nightmare traits carry over to his in-person classes as well, so once UCLA is back in-person after the pandemic you should avoid Williams at all costs!
Fall 2020 - Professor Williams should be avoided at all costs, especially during remote learning. All of his classes during remote learning are asynchronous including MGMT 121, 122, 124, and probably others. During Fall 2020, the MGMT 121 course was broken down into three modules: module 1 covering Weeks 1-4, module 2 covering Weeks 5-7, and module 3 covering Weeks 8-10. Each module has one assignment worth 33% of the grade. The promise on the syllabus is that the lecture videos and class material would be uploaded at the beginning of each module. NOPE! Professor Williams uploaded the module 2 materials during week 9, and the module 3 materials on Friday and Sunday of Week 10 with no prior communication about the delay. His attitude towards students is "deal with it!" and he shows nothing but disrespect towards students' time and negligence towards his own duty as a professor. He doesn't respond to emails, he doesn't upload things on time, he doesn't communicate with students, he frequently makes irrelevant and insensitive political commentary, etc. All of these nightmare traits carry over to his in-person classes as well, so once UCLA is back in-person after the pandemic you should avoid Williams at all costs!
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Spring 2020 - This professor is not helpful at all. Emailed questions and never respond. Leave the class unnoticed for a week without any updates. Yeah no exam this quarter, but each assignment worths 20% of your grade. If you miss one or didn't do well, bye. He will not help you at all, ready for self-study. If you want a responsible and helpful professor, he is clearly not a choice.
Spring 2020 - This professor is not helpful at all. Emailed questions and never respond. Leave the class unnoticed for a week without any updates. Yeah no exam this quarter, but each assignment worths 20% of your grade. If you miss one or didn't do well, bye. He will not help you at all, ready for self-study. If you want a responsible and helpful professor, he is clearly not a choice.
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Fall 2020 - Professor Williams has a very unique way of structuring his courses, but I can't say if it's necessarily a good or bad way since it really will come down to what works for you. For example, there are no traditional lectures for this class. Instead, he posts recorded videos, or "exercises" going over problems that pertain to that week's textbook chapter. He will post a Word doc with the specific problems that you can work on before or during the video and will post the solution as well. He basically goes over the solutions in his recordings and has some side commentary explaining the material. Every two weeks, we had to complete a module (5 in total worth 20% each) with 9-10 questions (mostly fill-ins but at least one multiple choice). Like previous people mentioned, the numbers are random so you have to be careful about the calculations since missing 1 already brings you down to 95%. The modules were extremely similar to the practice ones he posted as well as the exercises BUT reading the textbook in this case was a must. Usually, people can get away with not reading or buying the textbook because the most important thing are said in class, but this professor does not provide much resources outside the problems. He does open up the forum to discussion and usually gets back to everyone's questions/concerns in a timely manner, but he could be a little more accessible. Overall, I think it's possible to be successful if you read the textbook. If you don't mind a little self-studying, then this is actually a pretty nice class because all you need is to replicate the steps from the practice modules and exercises onto the assignment. That said, the material is not a piece of cake, but Prof. Williams give you about 4 days to complete each module so you definitely have a lot of time to figure it out.
Fall 2020 - Professor Williams has a very unique way of structuring his courses, but I can't say if it's necessarily a good or bad way since it really will come down to what works for you. For example, there are no traditional lectures for this class. Instead, he posts recorded videos, or "exercises" going over problems that pertain to that week's textbook chapter. He will post a Word doc with the specific problems that you can work on before or during the video and will post the solution as well. He basically goes over the solutions in his recordings and has some side commentary explaining the material. Every two weeks, we had to complete a module (5 in total worth 20% each) with 9-10 questions (mostly fill-ins but at least one multiple choice). Like previous people mentioned, the numbers are random so you have to be careful about the calculations since missing 1 already brings you down to 95%. The modules were extremely similar to the practice ones he posted as well as the exercises BUT reading the textbook in this case was a must. Usually, people can get away with not reading or buying the textbook because the most important thing are said in class, but this professor does not provide much resources outside the problems. He does open up the forum to discussion and usually gets back to everyone's questions/concerns in a timely manner, but he could be a little more accessible. Overall, I think it's possible to be successful if you read the textbook. If you don't mind a little self-studying, then this is actually a pretty nice class because all you need is to replicate the steps from the practice modules and exercises onto the assignment. That said, the material is not a piece of cake, but Prof. Williams give you about 4 days to complete each module so you definitely have a lot of time to figure it out.
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