Reviews of professor Mary Laird

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mary Laird takes management and makes it very difficult. This is not a difficulty that someone who is passionate about a challenge will thrive in. The difficulty is primarily through trying to understand how to decipher vague questions and the random specific words that have, in reality, simple definitions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The rubrics for grading are left up to the imagination and you won't get them until after you see a grade. It would be nice if she posted grading rubrics for assignments so that way students could prepare their work to the best of their ability. The first exam is likely the worst because there is an obvious lack of clarity as to what she expects.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've heard the other management classes at Creighton are easy A's, but this teacher probably gives out more C's than A's. Her grading style is harsh and when she says she wants papers that are one-page single spaced, make sure you finish that paper on the last space of that first page or points will be taken off!!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Grading is super bizarre, even on tests. Seems like one of those professors that refuses to give 100% on a paper. Essay questions on tests are very specific, she calls them "application questions" but if you don't know definitions word-for-word you're in trouble. Tries to make the subject matter seem more important than it is. Very nice person tho.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If you pay attention in class, you should be fine. The slides are not much help unless you are in class. Your optional final takes the lowest exam grade. Very picky about page lengths. Very few things are graded though be sure to get your participation points and do well on the exams. Group project is easy, would have preferred to do it on my own.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Laird is great. Only have to write two papers for the class. the average on the papers is always around an A. Lectures are interesting. She CARES a lot about her students. Very kind. You need to study for exams but she gives a study guide and if you get a question wrong you can challenge it. She is a good teacher.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Laird is a nice person but not a great teacher. She takes the basic concepts of management and turns them into overly complicated questions on tests. You need to memorize everything in her lecture. Three tests which are fairly difficult. One paper, one group project. Elementary level class which she makes hard. Poor class and poor teacher.