2023

Design Management

Name: Design Management
Code: VIS12857L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Design

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Provide students with knowledge in the field of strategic management processes of products and design services, by using methods and tools themselves that provide a systemic and multidisciplinary approach at the level of decision-making in a business context, particularly related to the interaction between design and other professional areas as well as with internal authorities and external to the company.
Competencies to be acquired:
- Understand the concept of Design Management;
- Identify and understand the main principles inherent in the Strategic Management of the design process; - Understand and know how to apply the main methods and tools related to the analysis and definition of a Design Strategy.

Contents

1. Context of the concept Design Management
2. Management of Design Strategy: : methods and tools 2.1. Identify opportunities for design
2.2. Understanding the public and the market
2.3. Interpret the needs of consumers / users
2.4. Audit the application of Design
2.5. Creation of Design Strategy
2.6. Promotion and sale of the Design Strategy 2.7. Planning growth in the medium and long term
3. Case Studies

Teaching Methods

Research and use of projected methodologies will be promoted. Classes run in an expositional format of debate and information sharing. The evaluation is continuous with intermediate assessments and, at the end of the semester, the final evaluation in a jury model.

EVALUATION

In the NORMAL SEASON assessment students may choose one of two schemes: Continuous or Final Assessment.

1. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION SCHEME

Evaluation Components:
a) Class participation: 20%;
b) Work developed during the period with the accompaniment of the teacher, which must be submitted, at least, to a periodic evaluation with public disclosure of the classifications: 40%;
c) Presentation and defense of the work developed during the classes, which occurs during the "Regular Season Evaluations": 40%.


2. FINAL EVALUATION SCHEME

a) Work developed during the period with the teacher's accompaniment: 40%;
b) Examination based on the contents taught: 60%.

Teaching Staff