Managing Design
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 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
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Major Project | Group | 60% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Presentation | Group | 25% | 2,6 |
Reflective Journal | Individual | 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.