ID480 DESIGN MANAGEMENT
| Course Code: | 1250480 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. GÜLAY FATMA HASDOĞAN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course students will:
- Be familiar with the key issues and concepts around ‘design management’
- Develop an understanding of these issues and concepts with reference to existing literature
- Learn from the experiences of industrial designers who actively participate in various managerial processes.
Course Content
Tracing the scope and definitions of design management throughout the evolution of the discipline in both the global and the local contexts, exploration of the wider social and economic context in which design is practiced, organisational aspects of design management including different models of design management, forms of employment for industrial designers including a comparison of consultancy and in-house design teams, design briefs, significance of understanding the user and the context from the view point of the designer, interdisciplinary relations and teamwork in NPD processes, gender and the designers work
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
- Answer the question of what design management is and learn the key theories, issues and concerns
- Critically evaluate different approaches to design management
- Embed contemporary design concerns into the design process, such as:
- Sustainability
- Collaboration
- Diversity
- Position their role in the larger scheme, through models of innovation and transitions
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem defining and solving. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning and managing the design process. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D). | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Competency in the processes and actions in professional life. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Ability in working within teams. | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution