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“He gets off topic way too much”
GMS401 - 3.0 rating“I don't care how nice he is”
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Reviews (139)
Go to class, read handouts & participate
Cool guy ..it's all about sports & cars.
very cool, he really knows his stuff as well
Easy marker, helps you during tests, everyone gets an 'A' on presentation!!!
What's with those fUnKy coloured hand-outs? Good Prof!
Can't go wrong in his class. Handouts may blind you.
gotta love this guy. Experienced. Learn to love Ford!!
HE IS THE BEST PROF I'VE SEEN IN SCHOOL. GOD BLESS YOU
Enjoyed his class! very interesting!
One of Ryerson's best profs! Got an A in his class!
handouts are killer, read the text and you will get an excellent mark.
very nice person, helps out a lot
Very nice guy. Great colourful handouts. If you love FORDS, take his class.
Put it this way, he feel asleep during midterms and presentations.
Very good.
I cant say anything really negative about him. take his class and you will do fine. very fair tests, even if you think you failed the midterm you will pass. his only fault is he shows up late for class alot and gives 30minute breaks, then keeps you till t
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very nice and helpful. his tests are fair. very long lectures and boring.
One of the Best profs at Ryerson
This guy is so nice!! He tells stories all class. Make your presentions exciting and give out free stuff and you'll get a good mark. Didn't even open the text book, just use the material he hands out.. as long as you go to class your fine.
Coloured handouts were confusing. Nice person and good Instructor
No other teacher could be so easylike him.
We stay awake during his boring lectures, the least he could do is stay awake during at least some of the student presentations!
A very nice man. Tests are fair. Easy to do well on Presentaions. Loves Ford Company. A good prof.
The nicest Prof at Ryerson.
nicest prof ever, period.
a real good course to take if u have a tough course load...he makes it SOOO easy. i didnt even buy the text and got a B! if u have the chance, get him as your prof!
The worst teacher ever!! I don't care about hearing the dumb same stories, I want relevant application of the text and math problems. Perhaps it’s time for him to have 6 months off to get refreshed.
good stuff
VERY easy to understand. Repetitive references he uses thru class but u can use them too come exam time. Go to every class and u won't need to read the text book. GREAT PROF
Good professor, very understanding and fair.
Worst prof ever. Very boring. A waste of time & money. You come away learning nothing from him.
Just terrible
All I have to say is this man should not be allowed to teach. He does not know how to.
Very boring - reads from the text book in class -one of the worst teachers I've had but easy marker.
Good professor.Easy to talk to, very accomodating. Wants you to do well.If you read the assigned material for the tests/exam, you'll get A+.Gives clear explanations.Lectures only touch on few key points.You should do ALL the readings ON YOUR OWN to do wel
This guy is an amazing prof! Some of his videos were boring, but the class is so easy! Very approachable and easy to talk to!
Great prof, funny, to the point and well versed in many area's
rude!
Don't know how people are saying he is easy? The computer simulation stuff is confusing, and coloured handouts are extremely confusing. Also his course rule is, he's fail you automatically (no term work credit) if you fail the final exam. Not easy!
Please retire. His lessons are boring and you're better off just teaching yourself any theory from the text book...go to class solely for math and even then, good luck following his random thought process and examples. Oh and he's also rude to his student
so Booooooring! he talks about something that has nothing to do with class. you can do the stuf on your own at home, the only thing he teaches is the math and even then he is so booooring you leterly fall asleep.
this is like the easiest class i have ever taken. dun have to study much only need to know the math and read the bk once then u should do fine. he is a bit boring but ez tests and exams...wat more can u ask for?
As long as you do the required readings, you'll get an A+. Lectures only touch on main points/ideas, gives lots of examples. Course material can get a bit teddious but Tests are easy, you are given a choice of questions to answer. Overall a good teacher.
Prof. Bailey is the best prof at Ryerson. He gave us an A+ on our group presentation. His tests are so easy, you don't even need to read the book and you will get a B- on his tests. The math is taken from the examples and is also easy. I will definitely take more classes with Prof. Bailey.
Easy marker. Horrible timewaster. "Did I tell you the story about the camera store?" YES!!! Twice last class... Get the handouts, do the readings and study in the library.
this prof was the biggest waste of my time at this school. he has no idea how to deal with students. all he cares about is stupid FORD.
Good teacher, easy marker. Hope you like hearing about FORD!
If you love stories you will love Bailey, he loves FORD and enjoys talking about it. He is a very nice prof and respects all his students. He is one of Ryersons good prof's. Take the course and learn more than what the books can ever teach you.
He is definetly not one of the most finest lecturers. However, if you know how to BS, you can do very well in his class. Just do the questions in the back of the chapters, and know his powerpoint slides. He is an Easy marker..looks at quantity more then quality.lol.
he is the SWEETEST prof ever. its like goin to class and listening to your grandfather tell u stories of when he was a wee little lad. he treats students with respect and is seriously the nicest man ever. read the slides, know how to BS and you'll be fine. ahhh FORD!
dont waste your tuition money on this guy.
the best prof for management
All this guy does is talk about stupid FORD!
Prof. Bailey is amazing! His stories are interesting and quite relevant to the subject matter. His tests are very easy, and he marks the group presentation very easy. I barely studied for his class and I got an A- in it. With Prof Bailey teaching, this course is a great GPA booster. Op. Mgt rocks!
I've had Kirk Bailey for several classes during my business degree, and I think he's wonderful. Very kind, very sweet, very personable - cares very much about his students. He treats his students with the utmost respect. He has a lot of knowledge and likes to share it. One of my all time fav profs.
Are you kidding me, people? Such an idiot!!Are you in class for the "sweetness" of the prof or to actually gain knowledge? Repeating the same IRELEVANT Ford stories every class. Totally disorganized. Looks for quantity in exams, decent marker- but poor knowledge gain.
Very nice professor. Must take MGT courses with him. Just go to class and take his notes and you will be fine. Dont even need the book
There is absolutely no way you should get below a B in this course. Easy marker...easy-going guy...nice man...take Bailey if you want that GPA to increase a few percentage points.
Super nice guy! Very helpful, and an easy marker. Classes can be rather boring though, and he tends to repeat the same stories over and over and over and...
Very boring class, didn't learn anything in his class but memorization skills, although he's a nice guy he's not helpful at all.
Hella easy to get a great mark, although he could present the material more effectively. PLUS: the ford stories are insightful the first time, they seem to lose their purpose the 11th time around
It's not him, it is just the course material. He's a great guy, and goes out of his way to help his students. He really didn't talk about ford much this semester, heh, I guess he got the hint. He's really helpful and understanding. Tests are simple, and the presentation isn't bad either.
Awesome Prof!!! My favorit at Ryerson!!! Always eager to help students!
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Prof Bailey is one of the best professors for management. He really helps students understand the material and likes to discuss his real life experiences so students know what the course is really about. He prepares you very well for exams if you attend class regularly and likes to see students succeed when they put in the effort. Amazing Prof!
Unfortunately, this professor is not giving much knowledge, but lots of often irrelevant Ford stories and his other management courses advertising what cause sometimes to cut corners on course topics.
By far, the best prof at Ryerson....classes are simple, tests are easy, dont need the text book. classes are a bit dull, but your mark in the end will be worth it all!
Good guy but BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING!! tends to go on, an on and on. Spent almost three hours "reading" the course outline the first class. get past tests they are helpful.
BOOOOOOORING... but he's so cute, he's like a grandpa.
tests are really easy...guaranteed a good mark as long as u review everything and know the general ideas. a really nice prof.. but tends to go on and on about his stories at Ford..instead of going through the slides.
This is a nice guy who knows the course material like the back of his hand, however, he is forgetfull, and retells the same stories over and over again. It's probably time for retirement. Would like to see him stay at Ryerson, but not as a prof.
Class is enjoyable but he loves to talk about his stories. The Test are quite easy as long as you read the text book. He is a really easy marker for exams
Sir, you're amazing...excellent prof...would love to see more of these at Ryerson. If you get him DO NOT drop.
If you do not get an A or above in his class, consider yourself to be learning disabled.
he is really nc prof..essay marker...everyone can get A..if u study. his class is fun ..bec u gota watch videos more often and listen to his stories
One word: retire. He sleeps during class and uses slides he made 10 years ago. Not useful if you actually want to learn.
Friendly guy who is willing to talk about anything. Easy prof, easy tests, he's a bit boring and whatnot, but its well worth it to have him as a prof.
by far the best course and prof i ever had! very nice guy and if u pay attetion u can really learn alot! easy maker and helps u in the exam if u need it!
An awsome prof,I'll miss his class so much,Its easy to ace on this cource
very nice person. very easy course. easy to ace. he tells you exactly what he wants from you and doesn't expect more. make sure you go to class. they are a bit boaring and redundant but if you learn everything from the lectures you are set for the exams. tests are very easy.
A Ryerson legacey! everyone should have one class with him! People get down on him for telling stories, but thats onlt b/c he has alot of experience and relates it well to class material. I had Kirk 3 times and I would take more classes with him forsure!!! best prof. @ Rye (along w/ Meston).
If you get anything less than an A in this class, you didn't come to the lectures AT ALL and didn't read the textbook AT ALL. I ended up with an A+ (97%) in this class. SUPER easy professor. His exams cover a lot of material, but if you KNOW what you are studying, you should only have to study 30 minutes per exam. Boring lectures though.
his tests are Q & A , all the other proffs have MC , final is MC , does not use blackboard , keeps giving handouts every class. take another proff for this class.
atleast take one class with him while you at Ryerson
A easy going teacher! but in my sem, he didnt make the exam which made the exam a little bit hard to study cause we donnu whats going on. I got A through the sem but ended up with a B. Ohwell, I cant complain!
Operations managment: Easy prof. boring lectures, he repeats himself 5 times a day...but he is very nice! Good Proff....No attendence mark...so don;t go if u do;t want to listed to him...
hes a good prof and goes through all problems so u understan!his first midterm was fairly good no surprises but u have to read the boring text for readins and cases
He is a really nice guy - loves FORD - sorry for any none car buffs - there is lots of car talk. He takes you through the stats/math component really well but you are on your own for the theory...read the whole book and watch out for the M/C everyone did bad and did better on the essays.
Boring lectures. Don't have to go to first half of the class, but make sure to go to the second when he explains math/stats - it's gonna be on the test for sure. Read textbook before test. Easy marker on essay questions, mc is terrible. Easy final.
my gosh this prof is soooo easy...memorize the cases and u can bs on the written portion...make sure u noe ur quants tho cuz it quite the chunk...hes always late for class so u can bet on being 20 min late and ur on time =) i recommend him for sure
very good...easy
Wooo....He marked so easy, but be aware, the materials were not easy. This course required a heavy memorization. But once again, he marks so easy, I have no idea with one of the questions in mid-term and I bs everything, he still give me 80% on that quesion. Love you, Kirk Bailey!! Highly recommed.
Best prof at Ryerson!!!...you will never get such a good mark while putting in minimal effort...Word of advice for mid terms, if you know your Quants you can completely BS the essay portions and he will still give you full marks
I took this prof in the spring courses. And i have never knew that MGT401 would be that much fun. Just beware though he does not teach from the book, you gotta read the book on your own time. The good news is he does make the midterms very simple. This class is an easy A...
YAY BAILEY!An awesome prof...=)
The course is easy but the prof is totally useless.He doesn't speak loud enough so unless u r at the front,you won't hear him.Goes off-topic A LOT.Late most of the time and gives out TONS of useless handouts.You have to study the book on your own-the only thing you should go to class for is the math questions
This class is very easy. But this prof is really useless. He goes completely off topic at his lectures. You cannot hear him. Unable to control a class. Gives out tons of useless handouts. Not a good prof but he marks really easy and his exams are laughable. Just don't expect to learn anything.
Easy essay question on tests for 701 - understand basic things from books, write a lot & give lots of examples. I found him hard for 401 though. I don't recommend 401 with him - the essay questions and math problems killed me back then when I didn't know how to do them. Wally has M/C questions. Take 401 with Wally. 701 is good with Bailey.
What more can I say than (1) he's a really really nice guy who is very knowledgeable; (2) if you get to speak to him one-to-one very interesting BUT (3) he's old which impact on the quality of teaching and class control. A nice guy who should retire and spend his retirement teaching his grandchildren about FORD in the good old days!
Very nice man. He just needs to retire. Anywhere pass the 4th row and you can't hear a word he's saying. He's been asked multiple times to use his mic/turn it up but he doesn't . All his 401 tests are summaries of the cases in the textbook. Going to class is pointless. The first 8 lectures, he told his Ford story 6 times. He lets you cheat as well.
Nice guy, however tends to repeat his story all the damn time. He however has no control over the class room so if your not in the front you cannot hear a damn thing from him. We have repeatedly asked him to turn up his microphone, but maybe its his stubbornness on his part to think he can talk over a class he doesn't control at all?
execellent teacher, really brought the interest back to learning instead of learning plainly to get a degree. he is an AWESOME grader as i got A- on mid and final and final project. so yea kirk is the way to go, especially for 701. good hunting ladies and gents
Good prof. Just go to class to get the handouts and leave. No point in staying and listening to his speaches about Ford Motor Co. Exams: 2 essay questions and a full case analysis, if you write anything, easy A. Great guy.
Great prof! Lectures are boring and you really don't need to attend. Lots of handouts, useless. Midterms are straight memorizing textbook end of chapter questions and math q's from workbook. Final exam same format..unless u take it daytime, another prof writes it.
Such a sweetheart! While he may steer away from what he is talking about at times, his stories about Ford do give good examples. Its hard to be annoyed at this guy for long though...he really loves what he teaches. Tests and assignments were fair and mostly out of the textbook and workbook he gives out.
I had Kirk Bailey and honestly this class is soooooo easyyyy....
The test is easy if you have Kirk and if you read the book. He basically takes the EXACT questions from the textbook. Now if you look at the book at the end of each chapter there are 16-20 questions he's only going to choose 1 or 2 of them. The math part isn't too hard but can get complicated so you better show up to class for the math questions
Also there is a group project where you have to go to a plant tour and then present it to the class... not hard at all!
The prof is pretty easyy but omg watch out for his stories THEY ARE SOOOOOO LONG AND BORING... all he talks about is his wife and son alll the time
Eassyyy classs...if you did fin 300 than its a recap and a brezzee!! Good Luck!
Extremely disappointed with this prof. Cannot teach effectively at all. Does not explain himself and goes off on rambling irrelevant spiels about his family, his days working at Ford, etc. My least favourite class and least favourite professor. Avoid at all costs. :(
I guess the only GMS class where there is NO MCQ TESTS ... which is A lot frustrating since you need to do all those tonsss questions from chapters end & have no clue which one will show up. I hope he marks easy. & he should understand that it is hard for 2nd year major student to manage tine for this...
Kirk Bailey is really easy. During the test, about 85% of the class was cheating, and he either didn't notice or didn't care. I watched students go up and ask him questions about the test, and he'd tell them how to do it. You should go to class to copy his math, as it is on the test. He is a bit unclear at times because of lack of organization.
He can be rude at times ( with some reasons) other wise he is not that hard
Absolute garbage! As I write this it is 4 days until the final exam and he has provided no indication to what the format or content will be. I have had to go to the course chair several times bc he never gets around to anything. Posted a completely new concept that was on the midterm THE NIGHT BEFORE. Avoid him at all costs.
wastes TOOO much time in class telling students stories that dont even relate to the material in the book!very nice guy but a BAD BAD prof...
He's alright. His class was really boring but you should go for the math problems he does. The midterms were okay (essay format + math questions) but the exam was much harder because it was m/c. Overall, okay prof.
Bailey softballs midterms so much that you can coast through. However, he doesn't write the exam so you are not prepared for it. He is almost impossible to talk to during his office hours and evades questions with stories about working at Ford. He brought in a woman on the last day who pitched a pyramid scheme to us. How is that course relevant?
He is an extremely knowledgeable prof. The only thing that made his lectures unbearable were the fact that they were being taught in a huge lecture hall with a bunch of ignorant students who would not stop talking. That being said, he should be teaching classes of less that 50 people who actually want to learn
On the same level as your grandfather, this is one of the sweetest men you'll ever meet. However also like your grandfather can be very stuck to his own ways and stubborn and goes on and on with stories of his life. Midterms are ridiculously easy but doesn't prepare you for the final. Classes will drive you nuts. Nice man, horrible professor.
He is extremely nice, and he is so cute and friendly. His midterms are extremely straight forward, and he is very helpful and understanding.
Bird course...only problem is with the final which is hard to study for when its the easiest class and you have 4 other finals around the same time GMS401 is the last one you're going to be thinking about lol. Group project requires some thinking questions-can be broad. Bailey's class is basically a history class with him being way too nostalgic.
Sweet guy, generous marker, his 2 tests worth 20% each are generally very easy. For the long answer, as long as your answer is somewhat related, you can bluff a bit and get away with a mark. Quantitative, just study from the booklet he gives, easy marks there. He gives good grades to the projects, so easy 60%, wing the 40% final, A right there.
Great professor, spends a lot of time on the math questions which make up 2/3 of his midterms. Provides you with the question booklet, so its easy to follow along. Doesn't do much theory work, but incorporates some as he teaches the math. Do well on the midterms, read the book for the final and you'll do good.
I don't care how nice he is. He's not a good professor. I'd rather have a serious and professional teacher rather than have someone like Bailey who blabs on for three hours and then screws you for the final. No thanks. Take him only if you don't care about your education and really like Ford.
Mostly talks about cars
He goes on and on about cars. In one class, watched 3 commercials about cars and a documentary to which I still cannot say had any relevance to the course itself. E-Mailed him once for a new outline since I switched sections and the reply he sent back was very rude.
Best prof I've ever had hands down! Not only is he super nice, he really does care about his students. He's very knowledgeable about what he teaches and I would definitely recommend everyone to take him!
BEST PROF! His tests are EXACTLY like the Workbook problems he does in class so make sure you attend every class and just copy down the answers. Dont really need to pay attention to slides, but you should get PERFECT on both Midterms heading into the exam. Also a nice guy and very approachable, ask questions during tests if you know what i mean ;)
GMS401 is just like ITM in the sense that not one prof is better than the rest. What I can say, though, is that Bailey's midterms are easier compared to the other profs'. He digresses way too much during lecture and most of the time he only writes the answers to the math workbook without any explanation behind it. It's an easy course. Got an A.
Hes a good guy the midterm tests are pretty straight forward, just keep up with the theory component for the final, the math questions are just from the book he gives you, responds fairly quick to E-Mails and helps his students a lot
You can easily get an A with Kirk because of his easy midterms, it's identical to the questions he did in class. The common exam was way tougher though
He is an amazing person who is very kind and friendly to all of his students, but he is not exactly the best prof. He gets a little too carried away with his stories during lectures. At times the class starts talking during the lecture but he is too kind and isn't assertive enough to tell the class to be quite. He is a great person but a bad prof.
Kirk is a nice guy, but nice professor good professor. Be prepared to sit for the full 3 hours as he will spend half the time talking about his days working for Ford. Every. Single. Week. He gives you a quantitative book with calculation problems, and you have to show up to class to learn how to do it because he doesn't post it on Blackboard.
Super nice guy really boring though. first 2 midterms are super easy, EXACTLY like the work books he gives at the beginning of the year, so pay attention when he does those in class. Final was hard because they are nothing like his midterms. Overall a pretty easy course for very minimal work.
He gets off topic way too much. His tests aren't multiple choice unlike the other professors. If you study you can get an A. But don't be surprised if you hear a story about Ford 19 times a lecture (no joke). Do not take with Bailey.
Great professor but doesn't respond to messages on LinkedIn.
Engaging lectures, but be prepared to put in the work. The textbook is a must-read, and unstuck AI was a lifesaver for study prep. Overall, a challenging yet rewarding class - just stay on top of things.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
75%
Textbook Required
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