Picture Al Franken but even more of a tool. I really wanted to learn a lot in this class but all he talked about was WalMart and how great it is-his love for them also shown by his wardrobe. Hes more concerned that your hw is short so his lazy ass doesn't have to read too much than if it makes sense

Terrible professor. The class is his own personal ego trip. He offers little to no help if you go see him. If you turn in the exact same work as someone else, the grades could differ immensely. Heavily weights class participation and tends to be unfair.

Constantly at his wit's end - at least this is a really short journey for Kesner. I checked with other class mates & they concur - he makes what should be a straightforward class very dificult. The classroom is this little Napoleon's chance of an ego trip. He is unhelpful and blatantly unfair. He treats his students with contempt & sends rude email

He does for IT teaching what Adolf Hitler did for study of German Culture.

Horrible professor.. very biased to the students he likes. If he don't like you - drop his class - you will do very bad

He makes class painfully boring. The class was very easy but the weekly cases were time consuming and useless. He sends at least 5 emails to the class per week, and each email contains typos/grammatical errors, which makes the directions he is trying to convey very difficult to comprehend. He is a nice guy, but lacks in the teaching department.

I do not understand why this class is a requirement for business but other than that say far away from this teacher. In my years at NEU I have never had such a useless class or teacher. He doesn't teach well or effectively at all and gives you massive amounts of homework. If you are forced to have class with him GOOD LUCK.

Northeastern is wondering why nobody is majoring in MIS, they should watch how kesner is in class, No wonder nobody wants to major in it. he is a dictator, he doesn't tell you what he wants in hw, but gives you super low grades if you can't read his mind and do his homework in the specific form he wants you to. don't even ask him questions.

Worst class I have ever taken takes joy in seeing students fail impossible to do well do not take this class

Hardest teacher i have ever had, unclear in what he wants and takes points off no matter what, does not want students to do well, not sympathetic to anything, you dont learn anything all he does is go over the previous nights case

Not a good professor for me. He knows his thing just that he has no idea how to explain it. You pretty much have to guess what he has in mind for quizzes and homework. Not helpful when you ask him questions. Make sure you participate a lot in class and take notes.

If you can read his mind, you will be fine. Otherwise take anybody else. Grading is ridiculous. Quizzes are ridiculous. The participation grade is ridiculous. He has no problem being condescending and rude to students. Most unhelpful professor I've had. Difficult to get a B. DONT EVER TAKE

This is the worst professor I have ever had. Rude, unhelpful, and can only pass if you think like him. Unfortunately, this is the only professor that teaches this course, so there is no way around it. I just don't understand how the college can continue hiring such a terrible professor, and only be the one who teaches this course!

He is one of the worst professor I've had. He worked in the industry when computers were not even around. I copied his direct notes for the test and he marked it wrong. A class of 26, 0 got A's, 4 people got B's and 6 got C's. He is awful! When I asked for help he said we went over this in class and I should understand it. Not helpful at all!

If you are looking for an awful semester, take this class. Being an "executive professor", he may have held many important positions in the industry - but that does not transfer to teaching ability. He is pompous and arrogant. The most feedback you'll receive is "ok" or "no". No office hours. Cases are logical, but his followup questions are not

What a shame he made this class. MIS is very interesting, but this man is so rude and condescending. I did not feel that he wanted students to succeed. He was so paticular about things in a field where there are multiple answers. MIS is a growing field, but it is so small at NEU probably because he discourages students in the intro class.

tough tough grader. don't take him. he expect you to learn ALL by yourself. he expect soooooo much participation in class, office hour and email. he does not answer questions. he throw them back to you. no textbook, he have articles for you

Harsh grader. Homework is due before he even teaches the subject. Expects a lot of participation. Not helpful when you ask questions, and is quite frankly kind of rude. Would not reccomend this professor for any subject ever. Sad that he has made this class so unenjoyable when the subject could have been a lot more interesting/

To quote Kesner's own email to the class regarding our 2nd exam: "Overall, the outcomes are pretty much like last time's... disappointing but there you have it." Avoid this class at all costs! Kesner is egotistical, stubborn, and downright rude. I was excited to take MIS, he ruined that. Don't know how he's still teaching at Northeastern.

Destroys any confidence you may have coming into this class. Has his own rule where he apparently doesn't give out A's, even if he's pleased with your work so seriously do not expect one. He seems to think he's the expert on all things and has no respect for students at all. The person who wrote below me is correct, and yes he actually sent that.

He has extremely specific answers in mind for his questions which will never be clearly explained. His feedback is terrible and long winded without addressing your actual work. He often takes off "half a point" as partial credit, but that is out of 2 points total on 4 questions. He also gets extremely defensive about his teaching style.

This is the absolute worst course I took at NEU. Kesner is an autocrat with a big ego and teaching IT material that is 20 years outdated. He is rude, unreasonable and egotistical. He gives 15+ hrs/wk in busy-work homework. This is supposed to be a basic MIS course but its actually one of the hardest. He tests trick questions found nowhere.

He gives unnecessary amounts of work that are based on his own materials because he's so high on his horse he doesn't need a standard text book. His grading is unclear, he's rude in his responses and nothing is learned from him as a teacher. It's sad, really.

He can only score good on his course.

Teaches based on his own personal written "book" - no textbook. You'll never get the answers right no matter how many hours you work. He tells you he doesn't give A's - even if your work is perfect and he is not kidding. You have to record your group project sessions and he DOES watch them. Not sure how he's still allowed to be "teaching". RUN.

PART 1: Professor Kesner is the worst professor I have encountered so far at my time here at Northeastern. I initially enjoyed the content that we were learning in class, but as time progressed and as I became more and more familiar with his teaching style, I realized it was nearly impossible to do well in his class. He expects you to think........

PART 2: creatively, yet he's looking for very specific answers that basically require you to read his mind in order to be correct. He also assigns the homework BEFORE the class in which he teaches the content required to complete the homework, so as a result, homework was sometimes difficult to score well in. In addition, his grading system is.....

PART 3: extremely unfair, and the class average for each exam is usually a 50% or lower. On top of all of this, his personality isn't great either. Although this is less important than other factors to consider when selecting a professor for a course, it is significant enough to mention. He can sometimes be rude and dismissive to students, and is..

PART 4: often patronizing and arrogant. It is unfortunate that my experience taking this course with Professor Kesner was so awful because my second concentration is in Management Information Systems, and he makes me not want to pursue it anymore. For future students who are looking to take this course, avoid taking it with Professor Kesner........

PART 5: AT ALL COSTS. If you care about your GPA at all, you would take this review into consideration. Last but not least, I understand that this review is coming from one student, myself, but I regret to say that I have heard other students in my class share the same sentiment as me in terms of our view of Professor Kesner.

MISM was literally the least useful class I took at Northeastern and this professor is on my list of least helpful professors I've ever had. He gives completely unhelpful feedback on all of his homework assignments, which end up just being busy work. I'm glad I took the class online and didn't have to deal with him in person.

this class had the potential to be made interesting and relevant but instead there is busy work every night and the comments received on them are generic and thrown together in an unorganized paragraph. the case studies and readings are full of glaring grammatical errors. he also sends rude emails filled with attitude and condescending remarks.

The WORST professor ever. DO NOT take this professor. Give every student the same comments but different grade. I would give a zero if I can. Exams don't cover the materials he gave. The grading is unclear. Worst course ever take. Would give a zero if I can for him.

Only good thing about this class is that it is online .. nothing else

The professor is literally so condescending and pompous. he makes it so difficult to even barely enjoy this class. many people take it online during co-op for more flexibility, but this class is more rigid and has more deadlines than in in-person class. he has no respect or care for the students or any understanding that many are working full time

Such a bad professor!!! Do not take him...

AWFUL. PERIOD.

Professor Kesner provided me with the worst experience I have had in my academic career. Grading system that aims to take away points more frequently than they're given, long and illegible pieces of generic feedback on every assignment, and endlessly unpleasant condescending remarks. Avoid MISM2301 with Kesner at all costs. I didn't learn anything.

Worst professor I have ever had. Extremely rude to students, most ridiculous grader ever (average 50% grade on group assignments....) and does not teach anything only demands knowledge. Stay away....

This was the worst professor I had. The ridiculous group assignments require you to record working sessions which is extremely difficult for online students when many work full-time with varying schedules and have families. There was no book and his provided materials gave no insight into the answers he was looking for.

Literally, he is the worst professor in the universe. Under no circumstances take his class if you care about your GPA, the best you can hope for is C. No one from my team got higher than D on his tests. No matter how well-written the test is he won't give you even 50%. Very disappointed that I took his class and killed my nerves. - 100 out of 5

By and far the worst class I've had. Has an absurd amount of homework, forces you to learn useless information that I can guarantee I will never use in my lifetime . Worst of all is that he is a hypocrite, requires students to write in a concise format but is unable to do so himself. Comments are confusing and unhelpful Only take him if you have to

This is by far the worst class I have ever taken here. If you need to take MISM for your major, RUN AWAY FROM THIS PROFESSOR. I thought that by having it online it would be some what easier than taking an actual in class course, but oh was I wrong. LITERALLY JUST RUN IT IS NOT WORTH IT

Totally agree the common posted below mine. I'm taking the online course with professor Richard. I need to spend more than 8 hours a week to finish the case study and quiz, and it was so exhausted for student who have co-op. I take his class because he is my last choice of graduate, so AVOID his class as long as you have other option.

Absolutely NO empathy for students! Gives out homework like student's life is empty. REFUSED to let me take exam because I clicked 'Proceed' on the online exam page and accidentally lost the link to the exam paper. Promptly emailed Prof. Kesner for a backup link WITHOUT asking for extra time and received back: "Sorry, No."

SOOO much homework. I think Prof. Kesner thinks this is the only class his students take. NO respect for student's time and completely inflexible. AVOID at all costs. Take a different class if this is the only professor available (there is a reason for that)

AVOID AT ALL COSTS ! ! ! It is better to pay FULL TUITION to take only THREE courses than it is to take his class and do poorly in all four courses. I was failing all my classes until I dropped his class. Prof. Kesner has no respect for students. The amount of work and deadlines is inexcusable. He demands knowledge but is unwilling to teach.

I have never felt the need to write on a website like this one until now; all of my professors were pretty good. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. He is rude and won't help you. Full of incredibly annoying case studies. and only one useless online class a week. If you care about the huge amount of money invested in you education please do not take his class.

Unreasonable grader. Insecure and passive aggressive. Bombards students with rambling, incoherent emails nitpicking over minor course logistics. Need the Dewey Decimal system to locate any relevant course material in a maze of Blackboard folders and sub-folders. Out of touch. Enjoy retirement, Richard.

WORST PROFESSOR EVER!

VERY EVIL MAN THAN ENJOYED TORTURING STUDENTS.

WORST PERSON ON PLANET EARTH. Used the class as a weapon to hurt students.

He really bullied students and in his eyes students are expandables.