George Lee

professor lee is not a very organised person. it is kind of hard to follow what he is saying because he tend to explain some very easy concepts in a complex way. plus, i think this class is full of biases when he is comparing china to taiwan. some of the topics in his lecture are totally his personal opinions rather than facts. to me, the whole course is like condemning china rather than teaching you how to do business in china. if you truly want to know how to conduct business in china, frankly, this class will not teach you how. one good thing about this class is that you do not have to buy the text book since he put all the readings online.

Dr. Lee is a fun teacher to have. He makes jokes in class that are funny and relevent to the subject at hand. His class is very unique in that not many people have the experience and connections he has who are professors. A very unique class to take at SFSU, and one that is worth taking as an elective if you have any interest in what is going on in China.

Class is 4 exams that are short answer. Pretty fair exams as long as you study for a good hour or two. Also, he gives extra points, so write as much as you can, but not so much he knows you are BSing.

Weekly homeworks are writeups on articles from Business Week or some other journal pertaining to China or Asia. The homeworks were great as it helped to know more what was presently going on.

Grading: More then half of the class received A- or better. Just do all the work, and you will do fine. He wants everyone to do well.

Overall the class was very interesting, and Dr. Lee is very friendly.

I've had Professor Lee for two different classes and he teaches them both the same way. You want an "A?" Then whatever he writes on his laptop, copy it, memorize it, spit it back out on the exams. That's all you do, regurgitate information. I don't like his teaching style, but at least there are no surprises with him. He expects you to turn in an analysis for news articles concerning China on a weekly basis, which gets ridiculously irritating by the third week of class. Take him in the summer if you can. Perk? If you get all A's on the first four exams, he might waive you from the final.

He doesn't make sense in class, bring some magazines to keep yourself entertained.

Besides his funny and sarcastic jokes, Professor Lee because is very knowledgeable with the subject. He assigns one article every week which I think is not too demanding. His exams are okay, but there are a few that you should watch out for. Although his lectures are very interesting, Professor tends to jump from topic to another. If you don't pay attention, his lectures will seem confusing, like a puzzle that you have to fit. If you don't understand something, he's very easy to approach.

Yes.. the test comes straightforward from your notes. However, when he does his lectures, it is so confusing! He often discussing the same material over and over!!! And he likes to keep coming back and forth in lecturing. I think he really like supply and demand discussion. For almost 3 weeks, we have the same discussion about supply and demand and as I mentioned before, he likes repeating his lectures!!!!

The test is easy but his explanations are hard to understand.

Pro. Lee's class is completely straightforward. He gives "objectives" on what the class is about. And in each class he goes over the objectives and answers them for you- right then and there. no readings, no projects, no group discussions, nothing but his lectures. Some people may think he's boring, but he's actually quite funny and has interesting life stories.

While he's talking, he types out what he's saying on a laptop with the overhead, so you can't miss a thing. There are 4 exams, all short answer. Homework is every week, a simple 1 page article due.

All you have to do is memorize his objectives and answers... and you'll ace the class!!..

Professor Lee is a GREAT professor. He teaches both a understanding of the material and how it will apply in the business world. There is very little homework in IBUS 590... only some light reading.

Two things to know. 1. Test are straight forward... short answers. All questions for the test are given to the students prior to the test. How easy is that? If a student writes down the answers for the questions prior to the test and uses it to study, IBUS 590 is an easy A. 2. Attend class daily and make sure you take down all his notes. All the material for the test are based on his notes and lectures. NO SURPRISES!! Use a laptop if possible because Professor Lee types really fast. I found it easier to absorb what he was saying because I was typing instead of writing.

Professor Lee makes himself very available during office hours (always running 5 minutes late) and answers ALL questions from students. Gonna take him again for IBUS 592.

George Lee is a knowledgeable teacher. However, you might not find the interest to attend his class. I am a Chinese, so I know what he is talking about. On the other hand, I still learned a lot of him. He teaches not only business and academic issues, he also teaches you how to be nice and how to deal with people in China. There are one page weekly article summary, but it is not difficult to do(my opinion - he doesn't really look at it). For the biweekly exam, all you need to do is to read the lecture note that you copied from his lecture. If you do good on your biweekly exam and average of "B" grade, you don't need to the the comprehensive Final exam, which is good for people like me. One more thing, his lecture is kind of high-teach. He will write down every word he said. My suggestion is to copy every single word he said on the lecture. And it is a plus, if you have a notebook PC, so you can copy the note as fast as he does. Good luck folks.

Let me tell you now......If you must take this teacher because no other section is available...get a big bottle of headache medicine. Proff. Lee is soooo confusing. So when you're sitting there thinking "I am Totally confused"...don't worry...you are not the only one!!!!He doesn't teach much. He usually just babbles about his trips, his wife, his kids. I notice this trait amoung senior citizen teachers. Anyway....for the bad lectures that he gives, he gives pretty tricky exams. Actually, they are more like confusing because he writes them himself...and he has bad grammer. He knows he sucks as a teacher, but finds it needless to be more organized because he's tenour and so he knows the university won't fire him. So don't bother looking forward to doing a teacher review. Go straight to the dean...

Okay, just a heads up...if you LIKE boring lectures, go ahead and take this class, but if you don't...stay away from it! It's not really the material that's the boring part, because that's up to date and interesting to learn. However, the way in which Prof. Lee teaches and lectures is sooo different from all other teachers that it's weird! He lectures by typing what he's saying into his laptop that you take notes from when it's projected onto the screen. It's weird! Cuz you're paying attention to writing stuff down rather than to what he's saying. It's also difficult to follow because what he writes is really confusing! He has this list of objectives that he follows throughout the semester and every other week there's a test (or quiz) on however much he covered in class. Beware, these quizes are frequent and the key is memorization...word for word! But if you do well on them, you spare yourself the misery of taking the final exam which is CUMULATIVE.

Prof. Lee's class was a waste of time. He is a good teacher and knows what he is talking about; however, i was expecting more about DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA!! I give him credit for trying to be organized with his notes, but most of the time it is impossible to know what is relevant to the class and what is not. For this tests, you have to memorize exactly word for word the non-sense that he types into his laptop. The only good thing from this class is that you dont have to take a comprehensive final (About 100+ questions that you have to memorize) if you average a B- or better in all the tests. The only thing that i remember from this class is that to do business in China, you must learn how to "cook fish" or something like that (you will know what i'm talking about if you take this class).

When I took his classes I was expecting to learn a whole lot from doing business in China. Instead what I learned was that he was a former diplomat (I wonder why he left??? that job for a teaching position at SFSU???), he had three kids who are supposedly smart being enrolled in prestigious schools and he loves golf. Almost every meeting he would mention one of these three things. As for the textbook, I did not realize we are getting an electronic copy after we had paid for it. This is a nice extra income for him. Don't bother buy it just ask a copy from someone who had taken it.This class is a joke and is full of it. I recommend taking the Doing Business in Europe class instead. The teacher is knowledgeable and it is worth paying for that class.

Dr. Lee is very funny professor. He uses joke to keep the class awake. And he grades the articles and exams very easy. If you go to class, take notes, do all the 14 articles, and study for his exams, you will get an "A" for sure. But remember to pay for his books at the end of the semester.

Pro. Lee's class was very nice in the beginning but after a few class, it seem like we were going over the samethings over and over and over. His class isn't well organize, and he was totally obsessed in letting the whole class know that the Asian Econmic Crisis was caused by decreasing demand and not Asian countires. However, his jokes and persnality was great. He kept the class awake...well half of the time with his funny jokes but his exams were a bit tricky. He put down the correct answers a few times on one question but with different formats making it hard to do well in his class. Overall though, he is a good teacher and I would recommend him to anyone taking IBUS330.

If you want to take an IBUS course to fulfill a requirement, make it this course and with him. There are 14 articles that you have to summarize(via newspapers, magazines, etc.) and about 5 exams. The summarizes are just wat the article is about, what was the business implications, what you learned from it and do you agree with the actions taken. The exams are question and answer. Do not be detered by this. The questiosn are very straight forward and direct. Just answer as his discussed in class and write as much as you can. He can give partial crdit, but fi you aren't close to the answer, you may not recieve anything. Attendence is a must, but may vary from class to class; depending on overall attendence in the beginning. If you answer questions in class, he may give you half or one point added on at the end to your garde. It may not seem like alot, but if your exam is worth 20 pts. and you receive an additional point or two, that helps alot. A final exam is optional. If you have a "B" or "B-" before finals, you may be exempt from the final. Take advantage of this. The final is comprehensive, so the likely hood of raising your grade after the final is highly unlikely. My advice, do all of the articles ahead of time and then study a day or two before the exams.