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Design Thinking (5 cr)

Code: A9299-3007

General information


Enrollment
23.05.2022 - 29.05.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
4 cr
Virtual proportion
1 cr
RDI proportion
2 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Campus
Laurea Leppävaara
Teaching languages
English
Seats
21 - 40
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Service Innovation and Design (HYA2), Laurea Leppävaara
Teachers
Virpi Kaartti
Teacher in charge
Virpi Kaartti
Study unit
A9299

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- classify the principles of design thinking
- apply design thinking approach and basic tools in innovation processes
- develop the skills required in creative thinking

Materials

Brown, Tim 2009. Change by design: how design thinking can transform organizations and inspire innovation. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
Creating desired futures: how design thinking innovates business 2010. Edited by Shamiyeh, Michael. Basel: Birkhäuser.
Cross, Nigel 2011. Design thinking: understanding how designers think and work. Oxford: Berg Publishers.
Kelley, David and Kelley, Tom (2013) Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All. Crown Business. (http://www.creativeconfidence.com /)
Design thinking: integrating innovation, customer experience and brand value 2010. Edited by Lockwood, Thomas. New York: Allworth Press.
Liedtka, Jeanne & Ogilvie, Tim 2011. Designing for growth: a design thinking tool kit for managers, New York: Columbia University Press.
Meinel, Christoph 2011. Design Thinking: understand - improve – apply. Dordrecht: Springer.
Michlewski, Kamil 2015. Design Attitude. Farnham, Surrey: Gower.
Mootee, Idris (2013) Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can't Teach You at Business or Design School. Wiley.
Sangiorgi, D. & Prendiville, A. 2017. Designing for service. Key issues and new directions. Bloomsbury.

The literature list will be updated.

Teaching methods

Lectures, hands-on workshop, group work, individual assignment

International connections

International student group and instructor

Student workload

5 ects credits = 135 hours (1 credit = 27 hours of work)
Contact sessions
Reading the literature for the coursework
Writing the coursework (a blog post or a report)

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Further information

The instructor of the course during the contact sessions is Katja Tschimmel.

It is compulsory to attend the contact sessions.

This course is for the master degree students only.

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