Design Management: Exploring Fieldwork and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780415393331 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 206 str.

Jerrard/Hands; Bob Jerrard

Opis

Quantifying and assessing the value of an organisations design department can be problematic. The tools traditionally used by auditors are usually insufficient to measure either the value of design projects or their influence within an organisation. This book demystifies the design development and design management process, scrutinising it against a new set of auditing principles which illuminates its true value in a contemporary context.

Featuring a series of international case studies, Design Management: Exploring Fieldwork and Applications argues that assessment of the design function within any organisation must incorporate both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The book explores a number of key themes, such as new product development, risk in design and corporate identity. Moreover, by drawing on a range of techniques from the social sciences, the authors rigorously develop means by which design may be understood accurately.

This book represents an important and timely contribution to our knowledge of the management of product and service innovation. It will be an invaluable text for students and researchers working in design and management.

Spis treści

1. Design and the Organization  2.Design Management, Urban Regeneration and the Organization of Culture  3. The Italian Furniture Industry and the Kartell Case Study  4. The Long-Term Impacts of Investment in Design: The Non-Economic Effects of Subsidised Design Programmes in the UK  5. Researching Risk in Design  6. Design for the Strategic Re-Positioning of a Sub Supplier  7. Adopting a User-Centred Approach to Designing Against Crime  8. Customer Experience-Based Brand Strategy at the Lenovo Group: Exploring the Potential for Lenovo in the UK PC Market