Course Title: Design Strategy

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Design Strategy

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GRAP2626	City Campus	Postgraduate	345H Media and Communication	Internet	Summer2016
GRAP2626	City Campus	Postgraduate	370H Design	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GRAP2626	City Campus	Postgraduate	370H Design	Internet	PGRDFlex18 (W245)

Course Coordinator: Matt Kurowski

Course Coordinator Phone: Please email

Course Coordinator Email: matt.kurowski@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Please email

Course Coordinator Availability: Please email

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

In this course you will explore how designers work with corporate, social and public sectors. You will investigate and apply tools, methods and processes to help you align design practices with new movements in organisational strategy.

You will examine how design contributes to the envisioning, communication, execution and innovation of strategy.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

You will be assessed on your development against the following program learning outcomes: 

- Professionally communicate propositions, processes and outcomes to address specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Provide leadership within your discipline as well as collaborate with others.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Articulate and apply extensive knowledge of how design supports strategic activities in organisations.
• Apply established theories and concepts from fields related to organisational strategy to the practice of design.
• Synthesise complex information to inform strategic design decisions and evaluate their efficacy.

Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in learning that involves a range of online activities such as studios, project work, lectures, tutorials, discussion, individual and group activities.

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources that are relevant to the focus of your own learning.

There are services available to support your learning, including the University Library and Study Support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. Assessment may include presentations, projects and may be done individually and in teams.

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

A1 Business Research 30% 

Learning Outcomes: 

• Articulate and apply extensive knowledge of how design supports strategic activities in organisations.
• Apply established theories and concepts from fields related to organisational strategy to the practice of design.

A2 Design and Viability 30%

Learning Outcomes:

• Articulate and apply extensive knowledge of how design supports strategic activities in organisations.
• Apply established theories and concepts from fields related to organisational strategy to the practice of design.

A3 Final Strategy Report 40%

Learning Outcomes:

• Articulate and apply extensive knowledge of how design supports strategic activities in organisations.
• Apply established theories and concepts from fields related to organisational strategy to the practice of design.
• Synthesise complex information to inform strategic design decisions and evaluate their efficacy.