What you will study
This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course comprises of four units:
Unit 1: Introduction and background to design thinking
You'll begin by exploring the concept of design thinking, explain its origins and how the approach differs from a traditional approach to design.
Unit 2: Approaches to design thinking
You'll learn about the different approaches to design thinking, explain how they can be used, and have the opportunity to try the distinct stages of design thinking in a practical context.
Unit 3: Approaches to design thinking: analysing and defining
You'll have the opportunity to apply analysis and defining stages of design thinking to a case study.
Unit 4: Design thinking and organisational change
You'll move from design thinking within products and services and discuss how the concept can be applied within organisational management and change.
All the information you need to complete the course is provided within each unit. There are links to materials and resources provided to explore topics further as you wish.
You will learn
By studying this CPD course, you'll be able to:
- understand and define the term ‘design thinking’
- identify customer and user needs and problems, and use them to create opportunity statements
- discover design thinking methods and how they have evolved
- understand the four phases of design thinking and reflect on how you can apply these at your own organisation
- explain how design thinking can create value
- apply design thinking methods to specific challenges by using a design thinking toolkit
- explore how design thinking is used by world-leading organisations.
Learner support
This course was designed to be independently studied with no tutor support. StudentHome is a dedicated website that provides general study support and there is a computing helpdesk.