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“The guy doesnt even teach the material, he just lectures you about his life”
BMGT301 - 2.0 rating“This class is a good experience, and classes are interesting”
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Reviews (111)
The guy doesnt even teach the material, he just lectures you about his life. Forget asking him a question about the material because you're genuises and should already know the material (If that were the case, I wouldn't be taking the class!)
Not always clear about what he wants, but he isn't really that tough,but he does expect a lot from you. This class is a good experience, and classes are interesting...never boring.
Gary is a great professor! He challenges students to think, and expects alot. He talks intelligently about the material, and his real-world management experience really shows. He gives great examples and is willing to help in any way he can...
Gary expects a lot from his students as he should. He is always willing to clarify and help his students in any way. He pushes his students to work hard only because he sees the potential they have. Although a lot of work but overall his class is worth it
Gary will drive u crazy bc he never tells u what he wants, he is so unclear with everything!
The hardest class I have ever had, but gary is so knowledgeable about this it makes it (almost) easy NOT! But, he's good and will work with you if you want to learn.
Hard, but this is supposed to be the hardest class on campus. He'll give you every chance, but if you don't make an effort, a good one, forget it. Thanks Gary, not many prof's give as much as you do.
This guy is so hard, but I learned more from him than all my other classes combined. I thought I would hate statistics, but it was the best.
This Prof is really hard, but I learned a lot from him and wished I had other classes that I could take with him. Worth the hard work.
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do not take him
horrible - very unwilling to work with students
Don't take any of his classes under any circumstances!!!!!!!!
Extremely difficult. Claims he would be "doing us a diservice" if he would be more reasonable. VERY OPINIONATED & AROGANT in his views. He will listen to you, but will never admit his teaching is at fault, unless you want your GPA to drop stay a
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I think Gary is the most arrogant and self centered person i have ever seen. All he talks about is his self. And no matter how you respond in class the answer is good try but not quite. Only he can be right. Not to mention his tests are REDICULOUS!
Not a bad teacher, but tells way too many stories about his life and has an annoying personality. I want to shave off his eyebrows!!
Very hard, but a great professor. He is clearly one of the best at Ramapo, but he expects you to work hard and learn. No playing games with this one, you have to be a serious college student.
Great professor. Really hard, but pretty deep. If you do your work, you'll do fine. Otherwise, don't waste your time.
Really hard, but fair. He tells you everything you need to know, and then expects you to know it! He is a psycho, but mostly in a good way. I think he is the best prof I have had in almost 4 years at Ramapo.
I agree with the others if you're willing to do work, then he takes notice and treats you very fairly with your grade. I think the people who would give him bad remarks are those unwilling to do any kind of work. So if you don't do work don't sign up
This guy is absolutely nuts! If you disagree with him your grade drops, if you agree with him but give the answer a different way, your grade drops! Lose lose scenario with this guy. Very self-centered and arrogant!
He talks for an hour about his personal experiences which have nothing to do with the course...then crams in 15 minutes of vague notes. Not a teacher to take if you're a republican/conservative because he's extremely liberal (borderline socialist)
I was in that class yesterday, and so far, I think he could be the best prof. I've had. He expressed concern for our well-being, gave good advice about learning and the importance of a healthy lifestyle, and prepped us for the class!!
seems hard but fair, wants students to suceed
look guys that guy sucks big time!! although I got an A in the class I would never take any of his classes ever again!! self centered and doesn't help students out at all. tests are so hard have to study 24/7.save your money don't take him
he's good
Totally not helpful or clear
The best...major benefit to ramapo.
He is very interesting and has alot of examples. He also gets students involved, which is good.
He's really fair and helpful, but too hard.
I was going to drop the class after the first couple of classes but im glad i stayed. He is a great prof always very helpful and even tho hes hard his grading is very fair . Take him its a great class
he sucks
I think he's good. he is hard (I hear he fails tudents.). If you don't keep up you will NOT understand him, he expect students to work hard. I guess that's good.
He is good. Good and hard, but he will help if you do the work. And he's really fair.
If you take his class you will learn a great deal. But be prepared to work for your grade, if your lazy dont take any of his courses.
i have no idea what u people are smoken, but he's not good nor is he "FAIR". Goodness you can do all this extra work and still only get a "B". I worked my rear end and didn't get much feedback from him. =/
Worst professor I have ever had. Talked about the same personal issues all semester long. Did not learn anything. I would not take him!
he's ok
Gary is the man. His course is not that hard if you actrually read the material. I think some people are uptight about him and his class because they are used to uptight professors. He also went out of his way to help me with the paper. Great teacher!!
Human Resource Management should be the best management class, but he is literally the worst professor I have EVER had. As a person he is really cool, but as a professor he sucks. He talks about personal politics the whole class and really hasn't taught
terrible... just terrible. haven't learned anything. he talks about ONLY current events and his personal point of view. take anyone else!
take HR with someone else, I have nothign else to say
Worst I ever had, Im trying to decide if I should drop...Doesnt teach anything in class and expects you to know whats going on. All he does is BS his opinions on politics, current events, etc. FIND ANOTHER PROF!!!!!
This prof is so hard I can't believe it. He seems really fair thouhg and interested in us learning. Alot of this really does make sense and he makes it interesting. Thee thing about 'if you don't like to work' is true
Dr. K is really good, and he is very helpful.
He knows his stuff. If you're a slacker, don't take his class, because he doesn't put up with excuses. However, if you have a problem and talk to him about it he IS understanding. He will help you grow up and be an adult. I learned to handle my life and MANAGE it from this class. TAKE HIM.
Great professor, fun and knows the material. Very fair, and gets students involved. Highly recomment.
Great HR professor. He knows everything about the material and can answer every question, every time. The thing is he really gets students involved. I can't believe how much people participate, but he is pretty "cool" (his word). Easy to talk to and helps you focus on your life.
great guy, very helpful. this is a hard but rewarding class. he buys pizza once every 2 weeks for the kids who join the executive council for the semester. he truly cares if you learn and has an interest in his students lives. if you can handle 2 modereately hard tests a hard paper and no homework?
Lets just say I learned nothing this past semester in his class. I personally think someone who claims to be soo smart should be something better then a college professor. Also how can u talk about health and fitness when u have rotten teeth and bad eyes. He's a bad professor with little to offer.
This last guy must not be in the class I'm in, and what a jerk! So he encourages us to eat right and exercise, he's trying to help, I quess he doesn't get it! Dr. K said he has diabetes for like 35 years, and he has some eye problems. SO?!? He says he's no smarter than us, last guy proves him wrong
This is a professor who take getting use too. Although at first may give u indifferent impressions. He is a very well rounded indidvidual who cares for the progress of his students inside and out of the classroom. If your looking for a challenge and to learn a little bit more about life, take him.
I took him in winter session, and did not learn a thing, i had to teach myself everything from the book. he made no sense to me. i would not recomend this class to anyone. he really just needs someone to shmooz with and that is not the right reason to be teaching.
His perfectionistic personality gets to be really annoying after a while. Do not take class if u are laid back.
doesn't know what he's talking about! he's hard and no matter what he says, doesn't care about his students.
I had Dr. G for statistics and HRM. He is a great professor. He is always willing to help and knows the material he teaches like he's memerized the book. What a great guy, and he's really fair and cares about the students.
kill me now
This guy makes NO lesson plans. Taking notes is pointless. The irony about him is he does the opposite of everything he preaches. He does not teach. He puts us in groups to do the SAME thing every time. Nobody knows what they are doing! If you want to be a manager, you won't learn anything from him!
I think this professor is amazing. He knows exactly what he teached and notes are def not pointless. He helps you understand everything he talks about and has a great sense of humor. I'm taking him for 2 more classes here! Not many tests/quizzes,and they are not hard as long as you put some effort
if you like an unprofessional atmosphere, being constantly annoyed,subjected to tasteless jokes and forced to put effort into a class that is supposed to be easy then Gary is the teacher for you! anyone who hates any of the above mentioned habits of his should stay away. STAY AWAY!!!
AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID
Kettlitz is possibly one of the worst professors I've ever had. We were way behind schedule and his lectures were unclear and confusing. Unless you want to work your butt off and get no reward for it, then don't take his class!!! He also screwed up everyone's final grades and had to resubmit them. AVOID IF POSSIBLE!!
Avoid at all cost! Waste of time, waste of money! Does not teach, only preaches! I am an A student...gave me a C. I did not learn a thing except to eat my vitamins. Anyone who gives him a good rating has been brainwashed by him!
Gary is not an easy prof, but he's very helpful when u need it. He may not go through the syllabus exactly, but he's an amazing teacher, even though he's a little weird sometimes. I'm majoring in HRM and he's a great advisor. Very intellegent man and I would recommend to anyone who's willing to work for their grade. Very fair grader. Learned a lot!
Dr. Kettlitz is the best professor I have had...EVER! He helped me alot, and really taught me to be a good student.
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AVOID HIM! I am an "A" student and this was the only class out of 4 years I felt was a waste of time and money.He only wants to brainwash you to think like he does- except what he preaches about has NOTHING to do with management or business!
He is a HORRIBLE professor......i dont care how much experience he has in the business world he cannot teach....im also an A student but did not suck up....therefore he did not like me...the only students that i know of that recieved a fair grade from him were hte class suck ups or students that have had him in the past....he teaches for about 5 min then goes on the rest of the class with pointless stories about his neighbors, etc.......AVOID
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He's kinda crazy. He's all over the place in a mental way, and is not very helpful unless you catch him at just the right moment. He likes talking about his Pickup TRuck and his log cabin in the woods if you care.........I didn't think so.
WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP! HORRIBLE TEACHER ! AVOID
Gary is a very funny guy-but you need to do your role as a student. Go to every class-and write notes and make sure you study them! By doing this, you should be fine. He is not an easy professor and actually expects you to work for your grade.
FULL OF CRAP... AVOID AVOID AVOID Will hurt your GPA
lectures are unorganized, he expects students to know everything and barely goes over topics, sometimes he wont even return assignments, puts purposeful trick questions on tests, barely gave any feedback to rough draft of major project, doesn't tell you how you are doing in the class
I would rather bang my head against a cement wall and light my hair on fire at the same time than take his class again. He is so unorganized and jumps all over the place. You will never have any idea what he is expecting of you. He is a Hick. He thinks people want to listen to his music, but dont. Avoid at all COSTS!!!!!!!
He is by far the most unorganized professor I have ever encountered. He has no curriculum and a complete lack of objectives and expectations. He is nothing to teach anyone and worst of all there was no text book to at least help a student learn anything!
He doesn't go directly by the book, but his classes are really interesting. there is alot of work and his tests are hard, but he is very, very fair.
I HATE THIS MAN! He is prolly the worst teacher I've ever had because he can't teach. He is VERY unorganized and you never know what he's talking about. You don't know what he's grading you on because the sylabus is useless! I'm in his class now and I tryed to stick it out but I'm prolly droping. Avoid at all costs!
can you say crazy? don't take him...he is absolutely insane, put off all the work until the end of the semester, made us take a midterm that didn't count for anything. avoid at all costs...unless you'd like to stare at his tight jeans, ponytail and earring for hours each week.
avoid! avoid! avoid! probably the worst professor at this school. talks about everything except for management. if you can take anyone else do it cause if you take him you will regret it
Business students beware! This "teacher" does everything but his job. He will avoid the responsibilities of making his class understand the material, as well as running the class, at all costs. If you wind up with him and don't drop in time, I can't stress this enough: BE A TEAM LEADER. Your grade will depend on that. He is a very big reason I switched my major to marketing. He makes you think he'll take care of you and your grade and that he wants you to learn...what a crock! If you enjoy mindless rambling and never knowing how you're doing in the class, take him. Do yourself and your GPA a big favor and take somebody else.
The only thing you have to do to get a good grade in this class is take veryy good notes (i mean write down everything he says) and study them. The only thing that counts is quizzes. He gives them a lot, but if you read over your notes before class you will do good.
He is quite simply the best professor on campus. He knows every detail of the information and is dedicated to the students.
Terrible. Doesn't know what he's teaching or anything or anyone in the field. Worst teacher at Ramapo, made me change my major. Avoid taking him - he should be reported for being totally unqualified for teaching at all especially a subject he knows nothing about.
HORRIBLE. do not take. pulls grades out of nowhere. not helpful at all. so confusing in what he wants/expects. judgemental and hypocritical.
"Gary" is by far the worst professor you could imagine. He himself has NO work ethic regardless of what he says. That is why he requires his students to do both thier jobs in learning and his job in teaching themselves. You can't trust a word a says about any subject he speaks about. It's a disgrace that the school allows him to continue on.
He is a good reason NOT to be a Management major. Enough said!
He's actually a pretty good professor. I did okay in the class, didn't do any work really except before the final, and I'm still saying he's a good professor. I'm actually thinking about just taking one of his classes for the hell of it. Def. a must take professor, if you actually want to be successful in life and are willing to work for it.
I have never felt the need to rate a professor as I have enjoyed most of them at Ramapo. "Gary" is the worst professor I have ever taken. He spent the first month of class deciding how grades will be calculated. He does not use the board or powerpoint but instead just rambles on about what ever is on his mind, then gives tests nit picking details
He is extremely unorganized and you NEVER use you're book. All his quizzes/tests are from his notes, and they're still confusing bc his lectures are random and filled with pointess stories.. He sets due dates and forgets about them(proj's and quizzes) he's just very disorganized and blames the students for not understanding him..
i dropped this class after missing ONE class. after two weeks of blah-blah-ing the one class i miss he decides to actually get things done. then blames me when i had a legit excuse. i knew he wouldn't be worth the bad grade
You have to do the work. He will put you on the spot if you don't "do your job". Be prepared or you won't do well, his exams are hard
Dr. Kettlitz is the best professor at Ramapo. He reaally explains the material well and is probably the fairest prof I've ever had. I like that he lets us make some decisions about the class (even types of tests, how many assignments). Very cool.
"Gary" is probably the most confusing teacher I've ever had. He constantly changes his mind about due dates for assignments. He makes the class waste time by writing out their own study guides for tests, while he could be going over material for tests.
This is a "real world" class which helps the student experience what it would be like in a corporate environment. Worth taking the class for the insight he has to offer which is something you can’t find in a text book.
This is a "real world" class which helps the student experience what it would be like in a corporate environment. Worth taking the class for the insight he has to offer which is something you can’t find in a text book.
Prof. says he does not like to lecture and yet he does it all the time. I have him for Business Communications and he thinks he knows everything. He always talks about how many hours of sleep he got and the never goes with syllabus or book. Very hard grader for someone who does not teach from the book and class is MANDATORY!!
All around BAD professor. The stories he tells makes you think you’re in the twilight zone. I’ve never been more annoyed by a class. We’re in week 9 and STILL writing our OWN project outlines and dates. It's absurd. I’m all about empowerment, but it would be nice to get work done sooner than cramming all into the weeks before finals.
He does not follow any guildlines. He changes them every week. He expectes the class to do so much, yet never gives us the guild lines on what he wants done.
Great professor, but you have to keep up with the reading. He tells you to do the reading, but doesn't treat you like a baby. He has alot of experience and his stories/examples are great.
Worst business professor at Ramapo. Stay away from him. All professors expect a lot from you but what you think is a lot is very little to him. Drop the any class you are taking with this professor! From a kid who gets A s and Bs, very bad professor! Also never in his office for office hours!!
Totally incomprehensible when explaining anything. Poorly-made pop quizzes all the time. Way more work than my other 3 classes combined. Whines about professionalism and then never replies to emails, or emails us that he won't be in class a mere 2 hours before start.
If you pay attention you'll do fine. He knows the material really well (too well) and his examples are great. You can tell he has a lot of experience in management by his stories. He really helped me alot! thanks Dr. K!
Great teacher. If you pay attention and take notes during class, you'll do fine. I liked that he made ideas clear by giving real life examples. There were a lot of projects due by the end of the semester, but he gives you all semester to get those projects done. I learned a lot and am glad I took this class with him! Awesome professor!
I have had this professor for 2 classes now, and not only are his stories ridiculous, they are lies. They change from semester to semester. He doesn't use the book, and requires the class to make up the syllabus without giving any direction as to what he wants you to do. He also despises the girls in class. DO NOT TAKE HIM.
He is the nicest professor at Ramapo. He helped me learn I was smart and could be a good student. Thank You Dr. Kettlitz(Gary :-)
One of Ramapo's best has been laid to rest. Here was a man with a genuinely good heart and soul. R.I.P. Gary.
I would like to apologize for my negative comments I made about Dr. Kettlitz in the past. He tried to be innovative with a team building approach in his classes. He tried to get people involved in management. I personally did not like him, but I respect him for trying to be different. He will be missed, and may G-d bless his soul. RIP, Gary...
Great professor! One of the best!
Awesome professor that cared about his students.
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
100%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
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RESEARCH
5.0
(4)BMGT428
5.0
(2)225STATIC
5.0
(1)OB
5.0
(1)MGT
5.0
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BMGT428
5.0
225STATIC
5.0
BBAD225
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HRM313
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