3.5

Grant Havers

Business Administration - Simon Fraser University

3.5
Quality
3.4
Difficulty
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Would Retake
94
Reviews
3.5
Quality
3.4
Difficulty
3.2
Helpful
3.7
Clarity

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Would Retake

94

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Rating Distribution
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What Students Say

Grants exams are based off of his notes, so take good notes

BUS303 - 5.0 rating

He makes this class bearable

303 - 5.0 rating
Class Info

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

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Predicted Grade

B

53% confidence
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Reviews (94)
5.0
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BUS303
Mar 28, 2002

Grants exams are based off of his notes, so take good notes!!

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303
Mar 29, 2002

He makes this class bearable

4.0
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BUS303
Apr 6, 2002

No Comments

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BUS403
May 16, 2002

loved this class. gotta appreciate his sarcasm/jokes.

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BUS303
May 20, 2002

Guarantee to laugh once during his class. Memorize his notes to do well.

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BUS303
May 28, 2002

Looks like Chandler!

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303
Jul 4, 2002

makes concepts very clear and easy to understand

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BUS303
Jul 15, 2002

Overall, better make its point across then the author of the book haha

4.0
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BUS303
Jul 17, 2002

Nice and cute!

5.0
4.0
BUS303
Jul 27, 2002

No Comments

5.0
2.0
BUS303
Jul 27, 2002

Best professor ever! Interesting, extremely intelligent and sexy!!!

5.0
2.0
BUS303
Sep 6, 2002

Great prof. Make sure he's teaching 303 or DONT take it. The book's author sucks

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BUS
Oct 1, 2002

Sigh....soooooooo good!

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BUS
Oct 7, 2002

Challenging and insightful

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BUS303
Oct 25, 2002

Don't read the text book. In fact, don't even buy it.

4.0
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BUS303
Nov 1, 2002

No Comments

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BUS303
Nov 20, 2002

No Comments

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BUS
Nov 21, 2002

No Comments

5.0
2.0
BUS303
Dec 2, 2002

EXCELLENT Teacher. He checks this website also. hehehe ;) it was a pleasure!!

5.0
4.0
BUS303
Dec 10, 2002

No Comments

5.0
2.0
303
Dec 11, 2002

The funniest/enjoyable class ever

4.0
4.0
BUS303
Dec 14, 2002

His MCs are ridiculously ambiguous, vague, regurgitative...

5.0
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BUS403
Dec 23, 2002

No Comments

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BSU303
Dec 24, 2002

Lectures are a nice break from other classes-MC are very vague-Brutal textbook

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BUS303
Feb 10, 2003

No Comments

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BUS
Feb 18, 2003

No Comments

5.0
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BUS303
Mar 23, 2003

A VERY GOOD TEACHER~ his classes are fun and enjoyable!!!~~

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BUS303
Apr 15, 2003

No Comments

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BUS360
Apr 16, 2003

This is a very important class, but it seems more like a crash course than a full semester due to the amount of work/learning required. Pickiest teacher ever!!

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BUS303
Apr 22, 2003

No Comments

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BUS303
Apr 25, 2003

The prof is nice...but this course is very hard.

4.0
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BUS303
Apr 26, 2003

No Comments

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BUS303
May 4, 2003

Textbook is not useful. Prof is quite vague. He likes to hide concepts with colorful language.

5.0
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BUS303
Jun 20, 2003

Grant is awesome... take good notes and you'll do fine

3.0
3.0
BUS303
Jun 25, 2003

do not buy the text. interesting prof, but very picky marking. hard to get high mark.

3.0
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BUS303
Jul 21, 2003

Gives me the creeps. Reminds me of a slick used-car salesman.

3.0
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BUS303
Aug 6, 2003

Be careful with the wording on essay questions in exams. One mistakes and it's 5% gone from your final percentage.

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BUS303
Aug 17, 2003

bad prof. His assignments are unhelpful, absolutist and picky. You must think like him or you get a 0. his final exam is a killer with multiple choice being the worst. don't be misled by his in-class humour.

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BUS403
Nov 27, 2003

I took 403 w/ Grant and it was one of the best classes I've ever taken. He's a great teacher too - knows his stuff and challenges you. Ensure you do your readings before lectures since you'll get so much more out of the materials by doing so.

4.0
2.0
BUS303
Dec 10, 2003

Don't buy text, it was useless. Exams/cases are based solely on lecture so don't miss them. For cases/short answer: If your answer/interpretation is not the same as his, u get deducted severely.

5.0
2.0
BUS303
Dec 22, 2003

Teach in a very straight forward way. His lecture notes help a lot.

5.0
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BUS303
Mar 12, 2004

One of the best profs at sfu. Good sense of humour and fun lectures. No need to buy the text.

4.0
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BUS303
Apr 18, 2004

Interesting and informative lectures. M/C in final exam are unreasonablely confusing==> still wondering how do one prepare for those kind of questions.

2.0
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BUS303
Apr 27, 2004

He's not very helpful in office hours. He likes saying "you tell me", or "it's in the textbook". Becareful when answering essay questions in your exam. Screw up one of them, you lose 10%. By the way you need 60% to pass the course.

5.0
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BUS303
May 19, 2004

One of the best Profs at SFU. Wonderful sense of humor. Loved the class and learned a great deal. His Exams are a bit tricky so i suggest you study his notes like the back of your hand. Assignments were pretty straight forward.

4.0
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BUS303
Jul 10, 2004

He's kind of weird, reminds me of a talk show host, but overally nice guy. Don't buy the book, even though he tells you to do so. Exam multiple choice questions are hard, since there are more than one correct answer and you have to pick the most correct.

4.0
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BUS303
Jul 20, 2004

good sense of humour. knowledgaable and experienced. stick to his notes, dump the textbook. M/C are tricky with unusual vocabs in the questions. notes from lecture is very important.

3.0
3.0
BUS303
Sep 10, 2004

Interesting lectures, and a nice guy. But his exams don't make any sense. You are not allow to have an opinion in this class which makes this course pointless.

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BUS303
Sep 13, 2004

Biggest @#$#$%# I've ever come across at the university; don't bother with office hrs, won't help worth a damn. Very machiavellian, I know, it's ironic for someone teaching ethics.:(

4.0
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BUS303
Sep 30, 2004

Funny + smart prof; he has great stories about cheaters who later complain publicly...

2.0
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BUS303
Oct 3, 2004

Marking scheme is totally random, its all or nothing. Likes very simplistic answers, don't bother trying to apply the actual material to the cases or you will get 0. Final was hard!

3.0
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BUS303
Nov 24, 2004

Pretty nice guy and his lectures are interesting. The MC exams are really tough. The text is worthless. The cases are either right or wrong, no in between.

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BUS303
Nov 25, 2004

very interesting. This man knows his stuff and it is great to see an insightful/critical mind such as his in the business faculty

2.0
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BUS303
Dec 18, 2004

Ethical to make money with an ethics course? Skip this guy. Eventhough the notes make sense, his exams aren't fair and they are quite misguiding.

4.0
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BUS303
Jan 3, 2005

Great lecturer (one of best in SFU), makes 3 hr lectures interesting and amusing. Cases are tricky b/c the answers are rather subjective, u either get it or u don't. MT and Final are relatively easy as long as you understand his notes VERY well. DON'T buy the text - just take detailed lecture notes.

2.0
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BUS303
Mar 22, 2005

This XXXX guy is the worst prof ever! He super subjective! He never listen to student. You are going to get 0 if you write stuffs from the text book! He always say "I DON'T MAKE ANY ASSPUMTION!" while he assume students understand what he wants. Plus, you have to define every single word.

5.0
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BUS303
Apr 28, 2005

So good, so nice. One of the best public speakers I've ever seen. He has a good sense of humour too.

3.0
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BUS303
May 9, 2005

Good public speaker, exams are tricky

1.0
5.0
BUS303
May 22, 2005

Repeats the same examples over and over again in every single lecture. Every lecture you will hear him talk about Body Shop, Nike, Phillip Morris, leaky condos, and that mushroom thing. Try to have a look at him even if you're not in his class, 'cause it's hard to find a living Machiavellian (teaching an ethics course!) nowadays.

5.0
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BUS303
Jun 23, 2005

he's a great prof! he's really nice to his students and is fair in marking. He really knows his stuff and his classes are very humurous! never bored in this 3 hr lecture!! glad he's teaching at SFU! just make sure u take good notes in class and think how the topics relate to each other! o yea...he looks like a cartoon but in a good way tho!!

4.0
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BUS303
Jul 24, 2005

Clear, interesting, sometimes funny.

4.0
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BUS303
Aug 6, 2005

this class is a cinch. take GOOD notes and you'll be fine. don't buy the text, you wont need it

5.0
3.0
BUS303
Grade: B
Aug 7, 2005

Three tips: (1)don't buy the txtbook, (2)take super detailed notes (don't have to go to lectures but listen to online lectures as many times as necessary), (3)try to link topics that don't seem to link intuitively (e.g. dirty hands to environment ethics). He is a very good and humourous lecturer but his exams Q's can be very counter-intuitive.

2.0
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BUS303
Aug 16, 2005

lecture note is not helpful if you dont understand it. exams were hard...

5.0
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BUS303
Oct 15, 2005

Excellent prof! Lectures are fun and interesting. Fair grading system. Take him!

5.0
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BUS303
Nov 17, 2005

He is such a good prof! just go to the lecture and study the lecture tape when there is an exam, then you will do fine. I strongly recommend that you take him!!!

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303
Nov 24, 2005

Intelligent fellow, but at times a pompous ass. Lectures are decent and exams are hard - he belongs in the old boys club

3.0
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BUS303
Nov 25, 2005

No Comments

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4.0
BUS303
Dec 15, 2005

He is very ambiguous in his interpretations. Poor hand outs!!!

5.0
4.0
BUS303
Dec 16, 2005

lectures are interesting. But the tests are really tricky. You have to know the material front to back. But master the sample final and you'll do well on the tests.

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BUS303
Dec 16, 2005

Repetitive, boring lectures; Multiple Choice questions that are ambiguous and not based on text or lecture. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. I'm not even certain the useless material teaches any ethics at all. In short, it should not be a required course, if taught at all.

4.0
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BUS303
Feb 17, 2006

This course is a trap. Both Textbooks are waste of time and money. You have to write down every single word he says in class cause it is probably a MCQ on MT/Final. He is very intelligent though. This course needs a major makeover.

5.0
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BUS303
Feb 22, 2006

He did a great job! I really loved the course and would love to have him as an instructor again. I got an A in the class and all I did was listening to the digital tapes. Listen to them 1-2 times and take detailed notes then you'll do well on exams.

1.0
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BUS303
Mar 21, 2006

No Comments

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5.0
BUS303
Apr 10, 2006

A hard prof, uses the same joke for every single class, the markings are unfair specially for the cases. The worst teacher ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BUS303
Apr 16, 2006

if u want to fail, go ahead to take his class. the worst prof i ever met

4.0
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BUS303
Apr 20, 2006

Go to his lectures and understand the concepts inside and out and you'll do really well in the course. He explains things better than the textbook. The M/C for the exams were a little tricky though.

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BUS303
Apr 21, 2006

worst prof ever.

4.0
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BUS303
Apr 21, 2006

Good prof. Cases are tough but exams are fair. You must attend his lectures and listen to his recorded lecture. Don't buy the books. Useless. He really promotes thinking.

5.0
2.0
BUS303
Apr 22, 2006

I enjoyed this class. He is a good lecturer.

4.0
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BUS303
Apr 22, 2006

Tricky class. Like everyone else says, don't waste money on the book. It is key to attend all the lectures, then listen to them again online. He's fair, but you're going to have to work hard. Take advantage of the fudge factor for participating. It helped me.

5.0
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BUS303
Jun 29, 2006

the best prof i ever had! he is very clear about his lecture. but you have to study hard for it in order to get a B or A.. read his notes do his sample midterm. it is very useful!

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BUS303
Jul 29, 2006

Class was VERY interesting. And Havers lecturing style was also great. BUT TERRIBLE prof- he marks like a robot. Gives extremely subjective questions but will only accept set answers. In addition he stopped recording lectures becasue "people stopped showing up" but this was absolutley not ture, there is a full class every week. terrible prof.

4.0
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BUS343
Aug 13, 2006

Wicked prof, he enjoys talking abuot stuff and you don't fall asleep in his class! However, his exams are tricky if you haven't studied his notes inside and out. FOCUS ON HIS NOTES, ignore the textbook you don't need it, just ask him to clarify if you need help! Make sure you listen to his lectures or record them, and you will do well in this cours

3.0
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BUS303
Aug 17, 2006

well he tries to fail students during the finals.. i was getting B+ and A before finals, then during the finals, he tested stuff that he even didn't mention or appeared in the text books at all. clearly he wants to fail most students who doesn't attend to class or even the students who go to class EVERY TIME

2.0
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BUS303
Nov 8, 2006

Im confused, why did we buy the textbook? It becomes apparent during lectures that he himself hasn't read it. If you look at the page references he gives during lectures and then what he explains the concepts as, sometimes they are completely different. If he finds your writing to be the least bit vague he will take marks off, because he can't b

4.0
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BUS303
Nov 17, 2006

Generally an interesting prof and very good course content for future business people. Good language skills are very important for this class, though. The readings use high-level language, and the exam expects you to be able to interpret abstract questions. Lastly - you might find him offensive if you are a conservative or republican.

1.0
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BUS303
Nov 24, 2006

Absolutely the worst professor I've ever had. The exams were unfair and his stubborn elitist nature was impossible to deal with. Thank goodness they've finally added other professors to teach this course. It wasn't even about "ethics in business", more of a philosophy course. Avoid Havers at all cost. You're welcome.

2.0
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BUS303
Dec 7, 2006

No Comments

5.0
3.0
BUS303
Dec 11, 2006

Havers is the most entertaining and interesting prof I have ever had at SFU. Exams are hard but worth the trade off of actually learning about the theoretical paradigms of business. Far more interesting than memorizing meaningless definitions and figures like other bus courses. He also has a wicked sense of humor!

5.0
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BUS303
Dec 13, 2006

You have no choice, I guess. It seems like he's the only one teaching this course. This is useless, at least i think, and boring class. He keeps talking in the class, so you gotta write down what's out of his mouth. each and every word! class average was so high, so you gotta do really hard. He's a good prof, but I think the class sucks.

1.0
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BUS303
Dec 21, 2006

worst prof ever! the exams and assignments were unfair. we dont get part marks even with explanations. we have to get the answer write then he marks on explanations. the scoring system intentionally makes students' marks lower. he doesnt tape the lectures, so going to class is mandatory to get the notes. not a very nice person to talk to either

5.0
3.0
BUS303
Apr 1, 2007

He is absolutely THE BEST TEACHER I've had in business. If you are interested in the subject and listen to what he has to say in class, you'll have no problem with the exam. He is really smart and makes of his course more than another dry business-type empty talk. However, if you are the typical "business-type", you might hate him.

1.0
5.0
BUS303
Aug 8, 2007

No Comments

Class Info

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

B

53% confidence
Based on 1 grades
Most common grades:
B (1)
Grade Distribution
A(0)B(1)C(0)D(0)F(0)A-/B+(0)
Based on 1 reported grades
B: 1
Rating Trend

Declining

-0.67 avg change
Jul
Aug
Nov
Dec
Apr
Aug
Last 6 months
Ratings by Course

BUS403

5.0

(3)

BSU303

5.0

(1)

303

4.5

(4)

BUS343

4.0

(1)

BUS303

3.5

(80)
+2 more courses
Difficulty by Course

BSU303

4.0

BUS360

4.0

BUS303

3.5

BUS

3.3

BUS343

3.0

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