Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

A student who has completed this module:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• has knowledge about current international research on theories and methods for organising and staging design and innovation processes in organisations
• has knowledge about current international research on theories and methods for product, service and systems development
• can recognise and use processes, methods and situations related to product, service and systems development, and critically reflect on their value

Skills

• can understand and analyse ways of organising and staging knowledge work in product, service and systems development
• can assess and critically reflect upon own basic socio-political assumptions and roles, and explain the significance in and for the involvement of different types of players in design processes
• is able to understand the role of social systems, infrastructures and political concerns, and analyse drivers and constraints imposed on design and innovation processes in organisations
• is able to understand the role of knowledge sharing, knowledge management and learning in product, service and systems development
• can identify and use intermediaries and boundary objects in the staging and navigation of disciplinary dialogues and innovation processes
• can define research topics and questions, and analyse case studies with literature

Competences

• can independently organise design and development projects in organisations, and stage and navigate the organisations’ social systems and political concerns

Type of instruction

Lectures, exercises and project work

Exam

Exams