Strategic Design for New Economies PG (11075.1)

Please note these are the 2022 details for this unit
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Strategic Design for New Economies PG
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
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EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.25 6 Faculty Of Arts And Design
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
School Of Design And The Built Environment Post Graduate Level Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
There is a growing realisation that the success of future economies depends heavily on how businesses adopt comprehensive approaches to design and innovation. Many businesses have realised the value of strategic design and design management. In this unit students will learn how design impacts economic growth. Through hands on projects students will develop design solutions as transformative business propositions for an evolving global economy. Topics will include circular economies, sharing economies, and opportunities such as crowdfunding and crowd-sourcing.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to
1. Critically review new economies and businesses and critique the role design plays;
2. Evaluate, select and apply design thinking techniques to create design-solutions for new businesses and contemporary economies; and
3. Research and critically evaluate case studies to propose new design-led business solutions.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
Not available

Required texts

  1. Julier, G. (2017). Economies of design. Sage.
  2. Bryson, J. R., & Rusten, G. (2010). Design economies and the changing world economy: Innovation, production and competitiveness. Routledge.
  3. Aspara, J. (2009). Where product design meets investor behavior: how do individual investors' evaluations of companies' product design influence their investment decisions?. University of Art and Design.
  4. Heskett, J. (2017). Design and the Creation of Value. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The unit will be taught as lectures and associated tutorials that enable the student to build up to an understanding of different innovative tools and techniques. Students will be guided through the content using a mixture of lectures, guest speaker seminars, case studies, discussions.  Due to the nature of this master's unit, students should be aware that they should be able to allocate additional time for their own self-directed learning in addition to the allocated hours of this unit. There will be take-home assignments/readings each week.

Participation requirements

None

Required IT skills

Computer and Projector

Work placement, internships or practicums

None