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Design and Innovation

Course number

KTH: ME2805, SSE: 8095, KI: 2XX047, KFK: n/a, SU: FE6601

Schedule

Autumn 2011

Dates

Autumn 2011: 27 Oct - 13 Dec

Structure

The course runs after 5 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in 2-3 hour sessions

Worth: 7.5 ECTS-credits

Taught at

Konstfack

Swedish course name

Design och innovation

It is no longer news that design can be used as a strategic tool to manage company performance. Design and Innovation explores the power of "design thinking" and how human-centred design functions in an entrepreneurial setting.

Strategic, user-driven design of products, communications and even the workplace can literally change an organisation and create new markets. Cutting edge companies in a wide range of industries use design to fundamentally restructure their business or re-invent themselves.

This course will address how strategic design can create value for the firm as well as for society as a whole. To get a head start on the course, we strongly recommend that you keep an eye open for the SSES weekend workshop Design Thinking.

Intended learning outcomes

After this course you should be able to:

  • analyse and discuss the context of innovation and design
  • understand and show knowledge about how design can create value for the firm as well as for society in general
  • argue for and use basic models of strategic and user-driven design development in innovation processes
  • communicate basics in strategic and user-driven design, brands and branding to as well industry professionals as laymen
  • identify usages of design as a strategic tool in product development, market communication and company growth
  • demonstrate knowledge of the development and management of design oriented firms. 

Structure

In order for you as a student to be able to take SSES courses they are all scheduled after your daily classes (or workday), with some margin time to ensure you can commute to campus, pick up a coffee and arrive on time.

This course runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays in two to three hour sessions for some seven weeks, but for a detailed timing check out the schedule in the box to the right. Teaching will incorporate lectures, debates, and exercises, as well as presentation from leaders in the field.
 

Assessment

  • Final group paper or project
  • In-class written and oral assignments
  • Contribution in class and group activities

Teacher(s)

Peter Kelly

Course Director

Professor, Aalto University
Mob: +358 (0)41-503 45 08
peter.kelly@aalto.fi

Dr. Peter Kelly completed his doctorate in entrepreneurship at London Business School and is a leading international authority on business angels. He also holds an MBA (University of Notre Dame, USA), and MA in International Affairs (Carleton University, Canada) and a BA in Political Science (Wilfrid Laurier, Canada).

Prior to being appointed as a Professor at the newly created Aalto University, Peter was Executive Director of the Helsinki School of Creative Entrepreneurship (HSCE). Among many other initiatives, HSCE seed funded the creation of the world’s largest student entrepreneurship society (Aalto Entrepreneurship Society), a student led and inspired movement that supports applied entrepreneurship at the university.

Peter’s experience includes a period as an investment and corporate banker in Canada where he managed a portfolio of high profile clients in the cable television and publishing industries, as well as teaching positions and faculty appointments at Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, London Business School, University of Notre Dame, and Wilfrid Laurier University. He has been involved with SSES since its founding.