DESIGN THINKING AND SECTORAL INNOVATION

Course Description

This course has been developed specifically for individuals and teams who want to learn a proven, systematic approach to developing new products. The course focuses on strong problem-solving processes that begin with design thinking and understanding unmet customer needs. The course covers an innovation process that includes concept development, applied creativity, prototyping, and experimentation. Design thinking approaches and their applications to work are explained. Major course topics include the critical design thinking skills needed to improve an existing product, design a new product or new manufacturing processes. In addition, the course covers topics such as creativity, design, customer experience, innovation, product, R&D and strategy studies in order to focus on increasing innovation, growth and customer experience based on understanding.

DESIGN THINKING AND SECTORAL INNOVATION

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Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Learn to identify the basic components of a Design Thinking SOLO 2
2. L02 Learn to examine the necessary content for each component of a Design Thinking SOLO 3
3. L03 Learn to analyze the contextual conditions pertaining the basic Design Thinking SOLO 4
4. L04 Learn to asses sectoral constrains and gaps SOLO 5
5. L05 Learn to create a robust claim for a new start-up project SOLO 5
6. L06 Learn to discuss, debate and elaborate this claim in a project format SOLO 5

Program Outcomes

1. P01 PO1: Become knowledge workers who whose focus will be on continuous learning as their competitive advantage by learning new methods and skills which they can use both in their lives and workplace, especially in health sector.
2. P02 PO2: Developed various skills and acquired the necessary knowledge which are required to keep improving themselves by working independently.
3. P03 PO3: Become among the best professionals in the health care industry due to their developed skills and gathered knowledge which will set them apart from the competition.
4. P04 PO4: Been able to apply appropriate methods and analytical procedures to analyze health-related issues faced by the organizations and empirically investigate and propose creative and valid solutions based on this analysis.
5. P05 PO5: Learnt to use technology in class and research in an ethical and secured manner by implementing these skills in their professional and private lives.
6. P06 PO6: Gained the ability to apply theories and use appropriate management tools and methods collaboratively in order to develop strategic decisions which are specific to unique health management contexts.
7. P07 PO7: Practiced and mastered communicating effectively, both verbally and in writing, with individuals from different cultures within and outside the academia and organizations.
8. P08 PO8: Been able to implement the learnt skills and knowledge, by developing research-based solutions to current regional and global health issues.
9. P09 PO9: Developed enthusiasm and awareness about the environment by associating health and management theories with ethical and environmental approaches in order to further study and investigate critical health managerial issues.

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