Designing for Change
Duration
- One teaching periodThis unit will be delivered on-line in 2020
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Prerequisites
Nil
Corequisites
Nil
Aims and objectives
This unit focuses students on developing a foresight approach to innovation and design, adding a range of foresight tools and methodologies to existing innovation and design processes. The unit therefore aims to extend the students’ thinking in terms of creating solutions to design briefs that go beyond the traditional boundaries considered. The unit encompasses the societal and commercial/business aspects of innovation and design in a foresight context.
After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of research methods and design to plan and execute a piece of research on an enterprise problem using relevant design methods
- Apply problem solving methodology to develop an enterprise innovation response for a new or existing organisation
- Apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to construct a response to an enterprise challenge that both meets the brief and takes into account broader issues and demonstrates critical thinking
Courses with unit
Final offering 2021 TP2
replaced by ENT80035 from 2022
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
6 days of 6 hours (36 hours)
Assessment
1. Articulate a design solution and the assumptions underpinning it to a selected model (Individual) 30-40%
2. Develop a briefing paper for presentation based on selected design and innovation frameworks (Individual) 20-30%
3. Integrate relevant learning from the design, foresight and innovation disciplines to an enterprise problem of the student’s choosing (Individual) 30-50%
2. Develop a briefing paper for presentation based on selected design and innovation frameworks (Individual) 20-30%
3. Integrate relevant learning from the design, foresight and innovation disciplines to an enterprise problem of the student’s choosing (Individual) 30-50%
Content
- Design thinking
- The design process
- Models and theories of design
- The innovation process
- Futures Action Model
- Group working, networking and creating sparks
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.