MLI-C1203 - Strategic Design Management, Lecture, 31.10.2022-18.11.2022

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes for this course, upon successful completion, include the ability to: 1) understand how design has shifted from making things beautiful to serving as a strategic resource, 2) critically analyze design management and leadership practices in organizations already utilizing design principles, 3) reflect on how design-driven organizations create positive and negative value not only for their immediate stakeholders but for the broader societal context, 4) through hands-on learning, develop a solid understanding of how to collaborate with and learn from design professionals, and 5) apply design tools and methodologies to a real-life project.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 31.10.2022 - 18.11.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Joan Lofgren

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

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    Business organizations today are quite different from what they used to be, and the pace of change will only accelerate in the future. Previously dominant organizations across industries are being replaced by more agile, customer-oriented challengers, and in this context, design has been one of the main drivers fundamentally disrupting our assumptions about how competitive advantages are created, sustained, and transformed. Understanding how design operates as one of the most critical sources for new competitive advantages is essential for students of international business.

    This course focuses on design as a source of innovations and competitive advantages from a managerial perspective. Zooming in on design practices, processes, and outcomes, students will collaboratively construct a solid understanding of how design can be seen as a strategic resource, through the use of case studies, hands-on learning, and projects.   

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

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    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Module 4
    2023-2024 Module 4

    Enrollment :

    The course is targeted only for the Mikkeli Campus students.

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