INTEGRATING DESIGN THINKING INTO THE WAY WE TEACH BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozan Ağlargöz
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Business Management ◽  
The Way

scholarly journals Development of indicators and tools to measure the design capability of companies

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (8) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Kazaru Yaegashi
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Design Management ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Systematic Understanding ◽  
The Way

Traditionally, the concept of 'design' is associated with the arts, the way a product looks, the way something is presented or similar. This has been the case for decades. However, something that has emerged in recent years is how design can offer much value to companies, organisations and the research field of business management. Professor Kazaru Yaegashi is the Chief Producer at the Design Management Lab (DML), which is based at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. The focus of the DML research is on gaining a systematic understanding of the knowledge related to design management, especially as it relates to design-driven innovation and design thinking in the field of business administration. Yaegashi is focused on developing indicators and tools to evaluate the attitudes and intentions of all members in companies toward design. Taking these and the results of their previous research, his team is hoping to measure the design capability of companies which will then identify areas for improvement and what needs to change to realise the potential.

The adaptation of design thinking in auditing

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda MEIJER-WASSENAAR ◽  
Diny VAN EST
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

How can a supreme audit institution (SAI) use design thinking in auditing? SAIs audit the way taxpayers’ money is collected and spent. Adding design thinking to their activities is not to be taken lightly. SAIs independently check whether public organizations have done the right things in the right way, but the organizations might not be willing to act upon a SAI’s recommendations. Can you imagine the role of design in audits? In this paper we share our experiences of some design approaches in the work of one SAI: the Netherlands Court of Audit (NCA). Design thinking needs to be adapted (Dorst, 2015a) before it can be used by SAIs such as the NCA in order to reflect their independent, autonomous status. To dive deeper into design thinking, Buchanan’s design framework (2015) and different ways of reasoning (Dorst, 2015b) are used to explore how design thinking can be adapted for audits.

scholarly journals Disrupting the Digital: An Architecture of Parts

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mollie Claypool ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
The Way

The paper ascribes to a belief that architecture should be wholly digital – from the scale of the micron and particle to the brick, beam and building, from design to fabrication or construction. This embodies a fundamental and disruptive shift in architecture and design thinking that is unique to the project images included, enabling design to become more inclusive, participatory and open-source. Architecture that is wholly digital requires a radical rethinking of existing design and building practices. Thes projects described in this paper each develops a set of parts in relationship to a specific digital fabrication technology. These parts are defined as open-ended, universal and versatile building blocks, with a digital logic of connectivity. Each physical part has a malefemale connection which is the equivalent of the 0 and 1 in digital data. The design possibilities – or the way that parts can combine and aggregate – can be defined by the geometry and therefore, design agency, of the piece itself. This discrete method advances a theoretical argument about the nature of digital design as needing to be fundamentally discrete, and at the same time responding to ideas coming from open-source, distributed modes methods of production. Furthermore it responds to today’s housing crisis, providing for a more democratic and equitable framework for the production of housing. To think of architecture as wholly digital is to substantially disrupt the way that we think about design, authorship, ownership and process, as well as the building technologies and practices we use in contemporary architectural production.

Exploration of Employability Skills in Business Management Studies Within Higher Education Levels

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-69
Author(s):  
Husam Helmi Alharahsheh ◽  
Abraham Pius
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

Higher education in the United Kingdom is becoming more responsible to focus beyond teaching and learning process; this is evolving to further reflect the needs of the marketplace, engagement with firms within the industry, responsibility to enhance talent, and to close the skills gap to prepare students for employment opportunities during studies and after graduation. The purpose of this study is to provide the key employability skills in business management studies within higher education with further focus on the UK as one of the leading Western and knowledge-based economies through a systematic literature review process. The study also aims to highlight employability skills reported in the selected studies by categorising them into three main categories: very common employability skills required, common employability skills required, and uncommon employability skills required. However, throughout the studies included in the review, focus on specific skills varied due to the way researchers assessed as well as external factors taken into consideration such as cultural differences, external environment changes, the type of educational institutions, and the way curriculum was delivered, as well as the variations of specific interests of employers from a sector to another. The review is organised in six key sections: Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results and Analysis, Discussion, and lastly, Conclusion and Implications. The reported employability skills resulted in the review can be taken into consideration to further enhance understanding of how employability skills can be embedded into curriculum within business management schools in the UK and other organisations that are responsible for articulation of employment related policies for students and recent graduates. The review can also establish that enhancement of employability skills should be a collective responsibility including universities, employers, policymakers, and students to ensure that educational outcomes are meeting the needs of the market. Higher education providers should aim to close the gap of employability by the point of graduation stage and to be ready to compete in the overcrowded labour market.

scholarly journals E-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - POSSIBILITIES FOR REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Shuleva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Preliminary Ruling ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Way

The digital society presupposes legal regulation of e-business management. To the extent that this is a state in the process of being created, e-government opens the way to ambiguities and creates heterogeneity. The lack of legal regulation of e-business management can be filled through the request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

scholarly journals Deconstruction of Idea Generation Methods Into a Framework of Creativity Mechanisms

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Senni Kirjavainen ◽  
Katja Hölttä-Otto
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Parallel Track ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Ideation Methods ◽  
Creative Ideation ◽  
The Way

Abstract Creative ideas are a central part of design thinking, whether solving engineering problems, generating interesting art, as well as developing successful products and innovations. Idea generation methods are a well-researched topic, and there is significant research that focuses on specific idea generation methods and how they perform. Furthermore, several method classifications have been suggested to help understand the cognitive mechanisms involved in creative ideation as well as differences between methods. Yet, the discourse is usually on which ideation method outperforms another or how to improve an ideation method rather than the elements, rules, constraints, and activities that comprise ideation methods. In this study, 88 well-documented idea generation methods are reviewed and analyzed. We find all analyzed methods consist of 25 basic mechanisms. The mechanisms are discussed and classified into idea promoting and implementation mechanisms. We suggest that rather than focusing research only on methods, there should be a parallel track of research on these mechanisms and their interactions to help increase our understanding of creativity methods, add understanding for practitioners on how to get the best advantages out of creativity methods, and finally improve the way that practical creativity is approached in education.

Legitimizing a practice across fields: microprocesses of theorization of Design Thinking

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-187
Author(s):  
Harsh Kumar Jha ◽  
Dimitry Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Field Level ◽  
Management Knowledge ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

Abstract Legitimizing a practice is a challenging task because it has to be constantly made understandable and meaningful to prospective users. Garnering such legitimacy is critical for successful practice diffusion and potential institutionalization. The process of theorization—rendering of ideas into understandable and compelling formats—is considered central to legitimacy construction. However, we still have a limited understanding of the specific mechanisms through which theorization happens. In this article, we address this issue by examining the microprocesses through which the practice of Design Thinking (DT) was theorized by its proponents in the field of business management. We undertook qualitative analysis, using grounded theory, of archival data. Our analysis revealed three key microprocesses: appropriation (presenting DT as a solution to abstract field-level problems), assimilation (integrating DT with current vocabularies and legacy practices within user organizations), and adaptation (redefining DT in order to resolve contradictions with legacy practices within organizations). This study makes two contributions. First, to the literature on theorization by explicating key microprocesses underlying theorization and providing a nuanced understanding of how legitimacy and theorization may be linked. Second, to the literature on management knowledge production, by showing how management practices and concepts may be contextualized and interlinked.

Mindset of Design as a Tool for Alignment Between the Brands' Business Model and Their Value Delivered

2019 ◽  
pp. 247-266
Author(s):  
Alisson Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Important Basis ◽  
The Way

Business models are an important basis for defining how companies structure the way they create, deliver, and capture value. It is an important business management activity, but it often does not receive due attention from the executives of the brands. This gap promotes, frequently, incongruities between companies' business models and what they deliver to their consumers. The lack of resources to evaluate business models and a clear understanding of how to do this activity might be as reasons for the lack of the business models' management. Thus, this chapter approaches a study about the use of a management oriented by the design. This approach can be a relevant guide the efforts in the evaluation and rebalancing between business model of the brands and their deliverables (products and services).

scholarly journals Green Fashion Design under the Concept of DIY

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Li Kejing ◽  
Zhao Qi
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Consumer Psychology ◽  
Fashion Design ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
The Way

This paper analyzes the features of the application under the concept of DIY fashion design by the way of listing, The authors put forward the designer’s mission and the connotation of the application under the concept of DIY fashion design. The versatility of design thinking, do it yourself, the reuse of clothing and a multi-wear clothing in order to extend the connotation of green fashion design. The authors suggest to change human’s consumer psychology by establishing a healthy lifestyle.

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