Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• has knowledge of the complexities and interrelations between product/service/system development and business development along value chains when bringing solutions to market
• has knowledge and understanding of design methods and their use
• has knowledge of the theories and methods of project management and the staging of design processes

Skills

• can carry out a theoretically informed empirical analysis of sustainable challenges related to current design and innovation of products and services
• can conceptualise ideas and design solutions across value chains
• can co-create a design solution and a reconfigured sociotechnical network of relations
• has the ability to identify and analyse the relevant technical knowledge necessary to understand the design problem and possible solutions
• is able to create an implementation plan for a design solution in relation to the organisational, business and market related aspects
• can professionally pitch a business idea based on a design solution

Competences

• can give a reflected criticism of others design work and results and suggest relevant design approaches
• can clearly present and communicate the content and outcome of the project academically and demonstrate the business perspectives and practical implications to collaborative partners in the field
• has ability to conceptualise design solutions and value chains across knowledge boundaries and technological domains based on theoretically informed empirical analysis.

Type of instruction

Project is carried out in groups of 4 to 5 students and planned in cooperation with an external partner. The project offers instructions in engineering design methods, ethnographical methods and qualitative interviews.

Exam

Exams