John Griffith is a Business professor at Northeastern University rated 3.49/5 by 95 students, with 2.56/5 difficulty (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
John Griffith professor reviews and ratings: 3.49/5 from 95 student reviews at Northeastern. TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
i was lucky that i had him at the time when he was so dynamic and well regarded by students and highly recommended. i learned so much in a compressed trimester class rolled into one, the history and underlying philosophy as foundations of the enterprise, life, it's options and directions, various methods and case studies. superb maestro!45652A 2013-02-09 23:57:18 +0000 UTC
Didn't learn a darn thing in this class. If you don't care about learning and just want the grade - I recommend him. If you do care about learning - avoid him. All he wants to do in his class is sit and chat.HRM000 2012-05-01 23:55:43 +0000 UTC
Amazing teacher. He is extremely kind, funny, enthusiastic! All teachers should be like him and every student would love going to class!ORGB04 2011-11-16 11:09:21 +0000 UTC
Ord guy, but hilarous. Made the class worthwhile. If it had been anyother teacher, I doubt many of the students would have shown up foran 8AM twice a week during the summer. But he made the class interesting with his real world experience and got us involved in the class a lot. Great teacher, Highly recommended.ORGB3201 2010-09-06 14:44:35 +0000 UTC
Didn't really do anything in this class. it was his first year back with freshman (mostly does grad stuff). Really nice guy but really bad for intro to business. he never actually taught us anything and didn't help or guide us at all with business plan (main part of class). But if you end up having him, just talk to him and he'll love you. Fun guy.BUSN1101 2009-12-03 15:33:05 +0000 UTC
Old guy with very old school way of teaching. He is literally in his 90s and so he has a wealth of knowledge to share. All the classes were class discussions on readings and we just watched really old movies. Sometimes classes were pointless as some students were just rambling to get a good grade. Class participation is a huge part of your grade.HRMU201 2009-06-18 15:52:36 +0000 UTC
Great class. Its 3.5 hrs but he always lets you out early. A lot of discussion no midterm or final. The reading is very interesting. Griffith is a funny old man. Take his class you'll learn a lot and will have funHRM209 2009-06-17 15:06:55 +0000 UTC
Great guy....a little old but knows alot. You read a chapter before each class and take a quiz (10q's) and then the rest of the class is group discussion. If class participation and attendence isn't your thing than DON'T take this class with him, he takes attendence every morning and grades who talks avidly.HRMU210 2009-01-16 01:26:03 +0000 UTC
professor griffith is a retired world war II vet. he's very knowledgable and clear. great sense of humor. teaches a lot of valuable life lessons. grades are based on quizes (every lecture there is an easy 10 question multiple choice quiz based on textbook reading), paper due last day of class, group project on an OB topic, and class participation.OB 2008-01-10 00:35:49 +0000 UTC
The class itself is interesting. It teaches many useful skills and aspects of management. Professor Griffin is great. He has lots of life experience and shares it wiht the class when it's relevant. It is clear that he is less concerned with rating students' performance and more concerned with whether or not they are actually learning.HRM403 2007-03-15 23:45:52 +0000 UTC
He cares about his students and their understanding of the material which he really believes in. He is very open-minded and laidback and it is unexpected for an 80yo prof. He makes you think about things in ways you normally wouldn't and really wants you to not only do well in the class but get stuff out of it to become effective in business. GREATHRMU401 2007-03-15 22:24:43 +0000 UTC
Cool guy, I really enjoyed his classes. I took all my HR classes with him becasue he was from the old school way of business. You know, making people accountable for there behavior.HR 2005-10-16 01:48:21 +0000 UTC
If you want to have some fun, really talk about real world topics in Leadership he's the one to take. Very understanding, very intuitive, you have papers for midterm and final and if you read the book and pay attention you'll get the A. One of my favorite professors yet!HRM4305 2005-01-28 23:32:42 +0000 UTC
No CommentsHRM401 2004-11-30 11:14:01 +0000 UTC
This class is pretty useless if you are looking to learn anything. If you really want to learn anything about HRM take a class with Glick. If you want an A for doing nothing at all take Griffith if he is still around by the time you sign up. He is in his 80s.HMRU401 2004-11-18 14:24:52 +0000 UTC
John Griffith has an average rating of 3.49/5 from 95 student reviews.
John Griffith's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.56/5 based on student reviews.
John Griffith has taught PHTH6440, PHTH6910, PHTH5210, PHTH2210, PHTH6210, PHTH5202, HSCI1000, PHTH4202, PHTH5350, PHTH6410, PHTH6400, HLTH5450, PHTH2211, PHSC6214 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.