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DESN9001: Design Practice and Management
2024 unit information
This unit introduces students to the context, complexities and methods of utilising design within a business context. Students will learn how to use design to link business, technology and people as a way to develop competitive economic, socio-cultural and environmental advantage in an increasingly complex world. The unit will cover design thinking, design innovation and design integration methods for driving this process and creating effectively-designed products, services and environments. In this unit, the aims and objectives of design management will be explored and students will learn to identify its relationship to the leadership and strategic aspects of organisations. This unit will cover approaches for conducting design-based research and contrast them to other methodologies within the design and business landscape.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Design Lab
| Code | DESN9001 |
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| Academic unit | Design Lab |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand aims and objectives of design management
- LO2. understand design thinking, design innovation, and design integration methods
- LO3. understand linking of business, technology, and people as way to develop competitive economic, socio-cultural, and environmental advantage
- LO4. understand complexities and methods of utilising design within a business context
- LO5. understand the relation between design management, design leadership, and strategic aspects of organisation
- LO6. understand approaches to design-based research and how they differ from other methodologies within the design and business landscapes.
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