Course Title: Design Thinking for Business (Executive)
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Design Thinking for Business (Executive)
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM4519 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023 |
BUSM4520 |
RMIT University Vietnam |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face |
Viet1 2016, Viet1 2017, Viet3 2017, Viet2 2018, Viet3 2018, Viet3 2019 |
BUSM4521 |
Open Learning Australia |
Non Award |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Distance / Correspondence |
OUAS1PG19, OUAS1PG20, OUAS2PG20, OUAS1PG21, OUAS2PG21, OUAS1PG22 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM4759 |
Mandarin Oriental Hotel HK |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face |
PGRDFlex23 (MOHG) |
Course Coordinator: Kevin Argus
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1457
Course Coordinator Email: Kevin.Argus@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: City Campus 013.02.001
Course Coordinator Availability: Please check with the course coordinator
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
This is a foundation course within the MBA Executive program. In this course, we operationalise the concept of design thinking in international and local business, and examine how the tools of business design can be employed across the disciplines and functions covered in this program.
Drawing on your experience as a manager, this course will provide opportunities to consider global business problems or opportunities, and those in your own industry and professional context. Adopting design thinking methodology and tools, you will lead teams to analyse, define and create sustainable and ethical solutions to contemporary business issues.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Analyse and discuss design thinking, its manifestations and implications across organisational contexts.
- Differentiate between various contemporary methods to identify opportunities and solve problems.
- Create and communicate end-user driven solutions to business problems or opportunities utilising design thinking.
- Demonstrate creative, critical and ethical thinking through developing and recommending solutions to business problems and opportunities that benefit relevant stakeholders.
- Evaluate potential outcomes of design thinking in view of better decision making, implementation and sustainability of solutions.
Overview of Learning Activities
Learning activities include lectures, seminars and group activities. This course is delivered in intensive mode.
In this course you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and online activities comprising individual and group work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; conducting presentations; producing written work and collaborating with peers on set tasks or projects.
Overview of Learning Resources
From 2018, Canvas is RMIT University's Learning Management System. Canvas is a flexible online system which will provide you with an engaging and exciting learning experience as part of your studies with us. The Canvas platform will be the primary site for you to gain access to all the resources designed to support your learning in this course. Your Canvas portal can accessed by logging into the following RMIT page: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students
Overview of Assessment
The assessment alignment list below shows the assessment tasks against the learning outcomes they develop.
Assessment Task 1: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2
Assessment Task 2: 30%
Linked CLOs: 3, 4
Assessment Task 3: 40%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.