Final Project (Design Management)

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• demonstrate that you can think critically on contemporary design related issues reflecting on your performance and progress
• identify and analyse data and theoretical information to evaluate their relevance and validity to design management
• organise and synthesise a range of complex written and visual information arising from new and changing situations;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate that you can articulate and communicate in a professional manner appropriate to the chosen topic.
• demonstrate the ability to successfully manage and complete an individual project;
• take responsibility for your own learning development and academic integrity;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• current theories and practices related to design management, arising from your in-depth research and enquiry;
• ethical and sustainability debates relevant to Design Management issues and employability;
• the contemporary context and culture of design management, and the related creative industries;

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current design and branding strategies within a local, national and global context, and the ability to critically analyse those strategies.
• demonstrate advanced level knowledge and understanding of the theoretical and practical issues that underpin the Design process and execution;

This module promotes a concerted period of independent study which leads to the final resolution and presentation of your discipline-specific work for assessment. The module aims to bring together and utilise your learning and skills development in the previous modules. Through these modules you will have established and explored in increasingly ambitious ways, the scope and focus of your ideas allied to appropriate working methodologies. Preparatory lectures and seminars will be followed by a supervision period of one-to-one tutorials where your tutor will advice and guide you in a manner that will enable you to independently apply the academic skills you have acquired.

This module provides you with a great opportunity to explore, research and pursue an area of design management that you are particularly interested in. You will be expected to undertake independent research projects under faculty supervision. You will be provided with full information in a handbook regarding supervision arrangements for your extended research.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include:

• Briefing
• Workshops
• Tutor guidance
• Seminars
• Lectures

Learning activities include:

• Independent study (Reading material as directed by tutor, analysing material delivered during taught sessions, writing up notes, reflecting on taught material and feedback, conducting research where appropriate, analysing results and writing up assignment).

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Brennen, B.S (2012). Qualitative Research Methods for Media Studies. Routledge.

Bell, J. and Waters, S. (2014). Doing Your Research Project. OUP.

Saunders, M.N.K, Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. (2012). Research Methods for Business Students. Prentice Hall.

Laurel, B. (2004). Design Research: Methods and Perspectives. MIT Publishing.

Banks, M. and Zeitlyn, D. (2015). Visual Methods in Social Research. SAGE.

Cottrell, S. (2014). Dissertations and Project Reports. Palgrave Macmillan.

Yin, R.K. (2013). Case Study Research. SAGE.

Koskinen, L and Zimmerman, J (2011). Design Research Through Practice: From the Lab, Field and Showroom. Kaufmann, Elsevier.

Bryman, A (2012). Social Research Methods. OUP.

Gray, D.E. (2013). Doing Research in the Real World. SAGE.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External