Design Thinking (5 cr)

Code: A9299-3008

General information

Enrollment: 22.05.2023 - 28.05.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 21.08.2023 - 31.10.2023
Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 3 cr

Virtual proportion: 2 cr

Campus: Laurea Leppävaara

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 20 - 35

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Service Innovation and Design (HYA2), Laurea Leppävaara

Teachers: Virpi Kaartti

Groups: HYA223SJ
Degree Programme in Service Innovation and Design, yamk, S23, Leppävaara

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 final literature list will be published in Canvas e-learning environment.

Teaching methods

Lectures, hands-on workshop, group work, assignment in pairs, 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 pre-assignment and the coursework
Writing the coursework (a blog post)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

The instructor of the course during the contact sessions is Daniela Marzavan.

It is compulsory to attend the contact sessions.

This course is for the master degree students only.