re: LSUS Online MBA Reviews

People looking for Lean Transformation for AP2- its now posted as ISDS 730

@buso12...Thank you for the input on Choi. Nice to hear! Spring AP2 for me.

@baroqen Look at it like this: He is highly touted as the greated professor in the program. We have had a chance to experience his course and come to our own conclusions.

Now, take that and try a different professor in the next MADM type class and see how he compares. Take the best characteristics of each class/professor and apply it for the future.(I understand you probably are done with the program now, but hopefully you get my point)

How was McLaughlin’s exam this week?

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I've literally gotten the exact same grade on all three.

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I just finished my 3rd exam and that makes two of us getting the exact same grade 3 times in a row.

@baroquen the pairing was a bad idea for me due to the workload, content (math isnt my best subject) and being in peak season at work so not having the time needed to study.

Question for anybody in or previously taken MADM 760 -Meeks:

How are you all recording your team meeting with shared content and all team members in the shot? We are using zoom and it's only recording the active speaker in the corner of the screen.

I've changed a ton of settings and talked to 3 different zoom techs... any advice would be helpful!

@GeauxUF. Agree 100% with your sentiment on Meeks. I made a huge mistake listening to whoever talked me into staying in his section, first bit of bad info I’ve gotten on this forum. Waaaay too much material to cover in a week, group members in 4 different time zones, busy work in the form of answering short questions using long winded “b.s. filler” just to get to a word count. He sets minimum word count at 700, and you write 2,100 (3 times the minimum) yet he says it’s “below average”!? Wtf. Not sure what is so “likeable” about his class....his video lectures are pointless and the only good lectures are from YouTube via Michael Porter that I could watch without taking the class. So much of the class is busy work and a colossal waste of time

@zachtiger

Ruh roh! The fanbois are going to downvote your post for dissing on Meeks!

I think the extremely wide difference of opinion is probably stemming from background. Those with primarily academic experience, younger, and with the majority of their experience being school related may appreciate the fact that he appears to have a more comprehensive and possibly interactive course. Those with extensive work backgrounds, particularly in dealing with senior management, understand that time is money. While a certain amount of writing skill is required, true "Business Writing" is meant to be concise. Save the fluff and massive word counts for those who write for scholarly journals.

Baroqen, that is one reason I like McL’s section too. I’m not sure if they have a minimum word count, but my coach said “longer isn’t better” and I think she means it. My current event papers have been roughly a page and I have gotten full points on them.

@socal77 I didn't say it was necessarily bad, but I'm pensive about recommending that style for preparing people for the business world. Also, letting ideas come out and not focusing on being concise is very different than docking points for low word count papers that might be extremely high quality.

For example, you could just as easily make the minimum requirement 800 words for full points with no maximum BUT weight the actual idea content higher. Add a statement to the effect that the focus is on letting ideas come out and flow, etc. Someone would actually have to read each paper, and grade according to quality and of ideas vs one loaded with gibberish to fulfill word count. A highly experienced/skilled writer could be concise while still creative, a less experienced but highly creative one could be verbose. Both have value, but I feel it's a bad idea to penalize concise, high quality writing and reward pure fluff.

Of course, I haven't read the actual papers myself, so I can't comment on the quality. I'm purely basing it off what others have stated. However, wouldn't it be silly if it's true that people have been rewarded for adding in a bunch of nonsense simply to fluff out a word count? Although the vagueness of the word count requirement for McLaughlin made me uncomfortable at first, in retrospect I prefer the format. Your boss is never going to give you a word count, he will simply expect highly detailed and high quality writing without fluff. As you go up the corporate ladder, most leaders will want highly complex proposals condensed to "a one pager".