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2014 Graduation Ceremony
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Congratulations to all the graduates. It’s another turning point in your future. It was a happy day at an end of a mile stone, next mile stones are more critical and needs to build on your hard work with your knowledge and skills.
Critical decisions are going to be made now, advice to you is to take your decisions by yourself and take responsibly. Stay in control and be ready to chall
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TEDxLIUSanaa
Congratulations !! TEDx on LIU campus on January 10th, 2015…
Everyone should get involved, speak, organize, manage … check out http://bit.ly/1raXFB2 and see where you can make a difference.
Organizers will be invited to a TEDxYemen workshop on Nov 4th in Movenpick hotel to get ever more training on the TEDx standards, regulations, and experiences. Note that you may want to check out their current activities in Yemen, Oct 14th TEDx Bab Al Yemen. and Nov 3rd TEDxSanaa
It is a great opportunity to do an international event locally on campus and get exposure to such trending events. Let me know if you want to be part of it. It is for all students, alumni, faculty, and staff of LIU.
Congratulations to all LIU students and staff for getting the license of TEDx LIUSana’a event as the first university in Yemen.
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Summer Time
The summer semester starts tomorrow. While I highly suggest that you get an internship or a job to sharpen your skills and come back in the fall. Some of you would prefer to take classes this summer. If you are taking classes. Don’t miss the first class of every course you are thinking or planning to take. It is a great opportunity to get the introduction. Here are a few comments on the classes I have on my schedule. I hope these can help you making registration decisions. If you have taken any of these courses, please share your views with your fellow students to help their expectations.
BMGT 200: This is an introduction course to management; we cover the 8 functions of management each in a chapter. If you are a management major, you take each chapter as a full course. If you are not a management major, it is an excellent course to take if you plan to be a manager one day or open your own business. It can also work as a great general elective for non-business majors. The main two key words in the course are effectiveness and efficiency. We talk about Alshaibani restaurant manager…
BMKT 300: This is an interesting course in marketing. It provides the fundamental concepts. I would not recommend it for freshmen students. It requires lots of reading to distinguish between the different concepts. The course includes a project that can be time consuming. It’s a good class to take with your friends to form a great team. Similar to BMGT200, it is a good general education elective for non-business majors; especially those who will work in advertising, or graphics.
BFIN 300: Don’t take this class if you have not successfully understood the accounting statements, business math, and introduction to statistics. If you have finished advanced statistics, you will make the best use of this course. If you are competent in math, then you can take it while taking the statistics class. Don’t take the course because your friends are signing up for it. If you are finance major, you may have to take it early so that you can take the other finance majors courses within the next few years. Some students considered it a heavy course that required lots of study time to comprehend the problems.
BMKT 420: ==*** special promotion for this course ***==
This is an easy course; you take it after BMKT 300. The concepts are very easy for many students; you just need to pay attention to details. The course has a practical focus. Students find it easy to relate to discussed concepts by daily shopping. The project should be fun if you take a company that you are interested in.
BMKT350: The class require passing BMKT 300. This class help us understand how people response to a marketing strategy. Expand your insights towards how we think and what drives us to buy in order to understand how to provide customers with value, trust, satisfaction, and loyalty. We discuss customer’s psychology, perceptions, life style, social influences, and motivation. It includes mini projects related to course topics.
EMCIS Conference, Athens Greece
Dr. Sharaf Alkibsi presentation
Academic Honesty
This is a reminder from the syllabus
You must always submit work that represents your original words or ideas. If any words or ideas used in a class assignment or projects do not represent your original words or ideas, you must cite all relevant sources and make clear the extent to which such sources were used. Words or ideas that require citation include, but are not limited to, all hard copy or electronic publications, whether copyrighted or not, and all verbal or visual communication when the content of such communication clearly originates from an identifiable source.
The following list describes the types of academic misconduct that will not be tolerated in any way in this class:
1. Cheating: Use of an unauthorized “aid” while taking a test, having another person take an exam or quiz in the place of the student, stealing an examination, using learning team work as an individual student’s work, unauthorized use of assistance from a lab or computer technician. Note: If the instructor or an exam proctor sees/finds a paper or electronic device with course information during the exam, this will be considered as cheating and the student will receive a zero for the exam and possibly an “F” in the course. It is incumbent on the student to assure that all books, papers, notes, and electronic devices that contain course information are securely stored away — there is a no tolerance in this area.
2. Fabrication: Falsifying data in laboratory results, inventing information for a report, falsifying citations to sources of information.
3. Facilitating Academic Dishonesty: Aiding another student in committing academic misconduct.
4. Interference: Stealing, changing, destroying, or impeding another student’s work. Impeding includes stealing, defacing, or mutilating resources to deprive someone the use of resources.
5. Plagiarism: Using the ideas, words, or statements of another person without giving credit to that person. A student shall give credit to the works of others if the student uses another person’s words, ideas, opinions, or theories or borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative material unless the information is common knowledge.
6. Violation of Course Rules: A student shall follow course rules in the course syllabus when those rules are related to the course content or to the enhancement of the learning process in the course.
“Students who commit any act of academic dishonesty may receive from the instructor a failing grade in that portion of the course work in which the act is detected or a failing grade in the course without possibility of withdrawal. The faculty member may also present the case to the office of student affairs for disciplinary sanctions.
Syllabi
Guys, I have posted the syllabi on the website. Please check them out. You do not need to print them I will distribute them on the first day of classes. Remember that the first day of classes is the most important class in the whole semester because it will give you guidance toward what is important in this course and how it will proceed. The first day of classes will help you make a decision as of what this class is about and how you will proceed with it. You may want to decide to drop the class based on the overall classes you are taking along with this class. Maybe you can add another class in addition, or postpone this or that class. It is an excellent chance to ask questions and get an idea on how to plan you semester. Stay Safe and take care.
Back to school
Greetings everyone, I hope you guys had a good summer vacation. Now it is time to get back to school and work on your education. Remember that only education can reduce your future uncertainty and you need to take control over it now. It is your dedication that can assure your future.
Welcome
Welcome to Dr. Sharaf M. Alkibsi. Please use these pages to interact with me. The site includes references to course materials, discussions, and announcements. They do not replace the classroom. They are only additional material. Looking forwards to a great semester.
Please feel free to post questions, discuss topics in class, and share videos, pictures, and related material to our class discussions. Due to the increasing number of students online, I though will try to test this medium to assist students to discuss online and offline. You should be able to practice virtual teams in a more formal manner and stay in touch with your fellow classmates and professors.
If you are interested to participate in managing my page, please drop me a line.
Final Grades posted
Finals are over. Grades are posted.
Please make sure to check your grades and if you have any questions, please let me know. The overall performance was good this semester. Some of you guys have done and excellent job. Please keep up the good work.
Nothing compares to getting the most notorious exam back, labeled with a big “A+” brilliantly displayed on the top corner. How would you like to get that feeling after every test?
Study, if you need to, before the test. Don’t put it off until the last minute. If you hold off until the night before or, even worse, that morning, you’re less likely to retain all of the material because of stress. However, some students believe that the more recently that you memorize information, the easier it is to remember. If that is the case for you, the best time to study for your test might be the night before. Just maintain a relaxed and light mood, then you won’t feel stressed.
2Pay attention in class. Paying attention to the teacher will improve your understanding and you can ask clear questions you may have during the lesson.
3Do all practice questions: Some may be assigned or in the textbook or on the textbook website and the teacher may use them for his/her test.
4Prepare for pop quizzes. Read the material (even though you may not want to) for 15 minutes every night – just in case.
5Try to get work done in class. If you have any questions after you finished your work, you can ask the teacher there instead of getting to school early the next day.
6Take notes on the material. Focus on concepts, definitions, and formulas that you think will be on the test.
7Ask your teacher for help. Do this both before and during the exam. Ask before the exam what you should focus on while studying. Perhaps he or she will give you a study packet. Or, during the exam if you don’t understand a question in the test, ask your teacher to clarify.
8Take deep breaths while you’re taking the test. Stay calm and pace yourself. When you’re relaxed and when you sit up straight, you can remember things more easily. Also, your brain needs blood to think – occasional deep breaths will oxygenate your blood more completely.
9Change the test order if needed. You don’t have to do the test in the order it is written. Work easy problems first to build your confidence and calm yourself down. When coming back to the tough questions, you will know you have at least made a decent grade, and you know how long you have left.
10Have your test-taking materials ready. You’re already nervous, so the last thing you want to do is panic if you can’t find your pencil or pen. Keep extra ones handy in your backpack.
11Read the questions carefully. Read the questions at least twice, in case you missed something before. Underline the keywords in the question. Don’t rush. If possible, read the entire exam through before beginning to work. This will give you an idea of what is in store and will help you to manage your time better. It also prevents any nasty surprises with only a few minutes left.
12Go with your first answer. Your first answer is probably correct and if you go back and change your mind several times, you’re likely to make a mistake due to self doubt. The only time it is better to change your answer is if your almost 100% sure its the right answer and the one you chose before makes you think other wise. Go with your gut, since it is your first instinct. Just in case to make sure you got the right one, go over the question again.
13Review your answers thoroughly when you’re done. Make sure you answered all questions, never leave one blank. If it’s multiple choice, you’ll have a 25% chance of getting it right if you don’t leave it blank. Also, a final look through is a good time to catch any obvious mistakes you might have made and you might remember something more to add to a question as well.
14Use logic when you’re stuck on a multiple choice question. Usually 2 of the questions are obviously nos, so take those away. Now you should have to answers, so there’s a 50% chance of you getting it right. Now go over everything and find the best answer out of the 2. The key to mulitiple choice isn’t thinking “Which one is right?” but instead “Which of these are not right?” and using that down until you have one answer left.
15Make sure you bring your notes to class on test day so you can review before the test. Try to get there early so you can review a bit before class starts.
16Ask your teacher for help the day before the test at lunch. He/she can help you, and maybe give you a few hints.
17Bonus marks are usually very helpful. You can add some bonus info and you might get a better mark or more than the mark like 20/15. Give all the information that you know and can. The amount of information you put on your test, is all the teacher thinks you know, so you should put as much as you know. Don’t focus so much on the bonus question as much as the other questions because the other ones are more important.