Reviews of professor Jim Davis

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall, I do think Davis is a better option than other D270 professors. I actually found his lectures to be pretty interesting, as he bring a lot of real world international business experience. Despite this, exam questions were always far more difficult than his lectures theme of respect different cultures as you do business across the world

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Davis is a solid choice for D270 (there are no amazing options). He knows what he's talking about and it's clear he likes this stuff. D270 is reading-intense and there is no way to do well without reading & taking notes. Tests are open note but are timed at 1min per question, so you don't have time to look everything up from the book.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures are very interesting and engaging, and he is knowledgeable of the course material. The bulk of the grade in his class comes from a midterm and final exam, but if you read the textbook thoroughly and utilize Quizlet, it shouldn't be too bad at all. You will learn a lot in this class, and I recommend this professor for D270.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
With the COVID-19 situation causing the class to become online, Davis decided to make his tests 40 questions with a 40 minute time limit. Absolutely ridiculous. Some of the questions were a paragraph long with 6-7 answer choices. Test questions were also absurdly difficult and there was no practice available for them. Avoid him at all costs.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Davis boasts quite the resume as far as international business is concerned. The one hour and fifteen minute classes are brutally boring and dry. He just displays text dense slides and literally reads them off the board. I found every lecture to be some sort of "you must know the culture before you move your business to a country."

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was alr, not the best but better than the other profs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
D270 was one of the hardest classes I've taken at IU, but Davis is a pretty interesting guy. He has some great stories to tell, and the videos he shows in class are super helpful and really reinforce many important concepts. Definitely a lot of work, but an A isn't impossible to achieve.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took this class over the summer and Professor Davis is very energized during lectures and always gives the class a good vibe. Midterm and Final are 80% of your grade, so make sure you do all the reading assignments, study, and do well on them. The midterm was harder than the final IMO but every semester it's different. Pretty easy class overall

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Davis is interested in what he is teaching, that being said, his lectures can be fast-paced and dense. I often took 4-5 pages of notes per class. Although attendance isn't mandatory, If you don't go to class you won't do well on the tests. Use the quizlets online and read the textbook cases to study. Take him over the other profs for D270.