Design Thinking (5 cr)
Code: A9299-3007
General information
- Enrollment
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23.05.2022 - 29.05.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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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
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.