Overview

This unit introduces students to the professional practice of design in industry. It focuses on managing design projects in specific organisational contexts, introducing concepts and methods of project, client and team management. Students form multi-disciplinary teams to address a real business problem. Teams develop and present a design strategy that addresses the market, financial, business, cultural and social requirements of a brief and articulates the benefits of design to clients and other stakeholders.

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply industry-standard project management methods
  • Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Select and implement a variety of investigations to underpin design concept development
  • Explain the relationship between design, business and innovation
  • Create a professional design proposal that realistically addresses the varied constraints of a brief
  • Prepare and deliver succinct, well-structured and persuasive visual and verbal group presentations

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial
3.00 12 weeks 36
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various
4.00 12 weeks 48
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
5.50 12 weeks 66
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Major ProjectGroup 60% 1,2,3,4,5 
PresentationGroup 25% 2,6 
Reflective JournalIndividual 15% 1,3 

Content

  • Design in organisational contexts
  • Planning and management of design projects;
  • Time, budget and financial management methods;
  • Approaches to teamwork;
  • Intellectual property and contracts;
  • Developing a design strategy;
  • Persuasive presentation skills.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.