Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for
participation in the module
1st semester in Industrial Design Engineering at Architecture &
Design or similar
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
The aim is to enable the students to acquire an understanding of
how design engineering can be used strategically and as a tool for
creating new business concepts with possible triple bottom line
perspectives and to enable them to acquire the knowledge and skills
necessary for them to engage in these processes to create value for
both companies, users and potentially society and environment.
Students who complete the module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Must be able to account for theories of innovation, business
models and strategic design and reflect on the role of design and
its possibilities within the development of new business areas and
their practical application
- Must be able to explain and evaluate methods, theories and
techniques to identify, verify, make business of and communicate
innovation and entrepreneurship
- Must be able to account for the feasibility and approximate
cost of the proposed technology used in the product, product
development or service implementation
- Must be able to explain, evaluate and reflect on the value
creation in a business case in relation to more than financial
terms, e.g. sustainability, social value and value for
end-users
Skills
- Must be able to use design oriented techniques to further
develop, describe and evaluate business models and business plan
and strategy in relation to product or service development
- Must be able to use and argue specific techniques and methods
for innovation and entrepreneurship and apply these to opportunity
identification and problem solving in relation to choice of
innovation focus
- Must be able to present a cross-disciplinary founded business
concept and adapt communication style and content to different
stakeholders
- Must be able to apply knowledge on production costs and
possibilities, advanced technology and manufacturing possibilities
to support a business case
Competences
- Must be able to use and implement innovation theory as an
integrated part of developing ideas and designing concepts,
services or product proposals to create more possibilities for
value creation and innovation focus
- Must be able to generate a design proposal for a new business
and communicate the commercial potential, strategic potential and
innovative strength, technological feasibility thereof in a simple,
clear and strong form
- Must be able to scientifically describe and reflect on a
complex, cross-disciplinary process involving innovation and
entrepreneurship
- Must be able to develop a concept that combines design-relevant
aspects with business potential and clearly explain the commercial
aspects of a concept in relation to a business plan and reflect on
the concept in relation to innovation theory
Type of instruction
See general description of the types of instruction described in
the introduction to Chapter 3
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Advanced Integrated Design: Business Development |
Type of exam | Written or oral exam |
ECTS | 5 |
Permitted aids | Without aids |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | As stated in the Framework
Provisions |