Design Led Innovation PG (11076.1)
Please note these are the 2021 details for this unit
| 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) |
Design led innovation is an approach to innovation that comes from the understanding that users do not buy products and utilise services solely on their function and form alone. Users 'experience' a product or service in a holistic way and are often driven by emotional considerations that can get lost in a purely functional or business-led approach that responds to needs and data-driven analysis. Design led innovation enables organisations to drive the market rather than simply adapting to it. This unit prepares students to create innovative solutions to known or unknown problems through an exploration of the design led innovation methods and techniques.
1. Critically select and apply design-based methods to solve real-world challenges through failures;
2. Critically select and apply discipline-specific knowledge in cross-disciplinary creative teams;
3. Define and articulate a wicked problem using cross-disciplinary perspectives; and
4. Develop and critically evaluate prototypes for innovative customer experience and communicate the processes to different stake holders.
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
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
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 - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
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
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Critically select and apply design-based methods to solve real-world challenges through failures;
2. Critically select and apply discipline-specific knowledge in cross-disciplinary creative teams;
3. Define and articulate a wicked problem using cross-disciplinary perspectives; and
4. Develop and critically evaluate prototypes for innovative customer experience and communicate the processes to different stake holders.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. 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
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
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 - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
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 |
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Not available
Required texts
- Verganti, R. (2009). Design driven innovation: changing the rules of competition by radically innovating what things mean. Harvard Business
- Press.Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. John Wiley & Sons.
- Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y., Bernarda, G., & Smith, A. (2014). Value proposition design: How to create products and services customers want. John Wiley & Sons.
- Bland, D. J., & Osterwalder, A. (2019). Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation. John Wiley & Sons.
- Lockwood, T., & Papke, E. (2017). Innovation by design: How any organization can leverage design thinking to produce change, drive new ideas, and deliver meaningful solutions. Red Wheel/Weiser.
- Von Stamm, B. (2008). Managing innovation, design and creativity. John Wiley & Sons.
- Bruce, M., & Bessant, J. R. (2002). Design in business: Strategic innovation through design. Pearson education.
Participation requirements
Students who attend campus for class or other purposes must play their part in keeping our campus and community safe by following these basic guidelines to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission:
- Practise good hand hygiene, washing hands regularly;
- If you do happen to cough or sneeze, please do so into the crook of your elbow, dispose of tissues immediately and wash hands immediately
- Practise effective physical distancing;
- Follow all directions of teaching and other UC staff regarding safety measures;
- Stay off campus if you are unwell and get tested according to ACT Government guidelines, and
- Follow University communications about campus arrangements https://www.canberra.edu.au/coronavirus-advice
Required IT skills
Being able to use a computer, a word processor software such as Microsoft Word
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
