Professor Vilma Coutino-hil Reviews
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Prof: Vilma Coutino-hil / Winter 2026
Feb 10, 2026
Unless you plan on going into HR, this class is effectively the study of nothing. You're forced to memorize lots of random information regarding how people interact in organizations, a lot of which is common sense or self explanatory, but using terms that are not standardized and complex, which gives the course artificial difficulty for assessments. Case example: A boss states he doesn't tell employees they're doing good and he's bad at communicating. Employees said their boss sucks and they never feel like they're doing enough. You're meant to do research and cite other case studies to analyze this situation and determine "what is going on". The "analysis" is very simple: The boss needs tell his employees "good job". That's about it. There's no complexity to this situation, but you're ...read more
It's a very dumbed downed version of psychology in the workplace. The case studies are so short they feel like made up stories, something I could write in 5 minutes.
Nice prof, but she makes this class so much harder and in depth than it needs to be.
If you're forced to take this class just suck it up. If you can avoid it, then do, as it's a waste of your time and money.