In today's volatile business environment, finding and analyzing business information systematically and listed with a linear mindset no longer seems appropriate. There is so much information that a businessman needs to gather, compute and process. Therefore, it becomes increasingly difficult to use a linear approach to predict future trends. The business design thinking module will provide the knowledge and skills needed to help students solve this problem.
Design thinking for business equips learners to use a designer's thinking in analysis as business ideas. The key to design thinking is to empathize with customers and find their unmet needs through understanding of their beliefs, values, motivations, behavior, pain-points, challenges and gains of customers so that they can develop innovative business solutions. The six principles of design thinking are people-centered, teamwork collaboration, learning by doing, engaging with experiment, understanding patterns, relationships and systems, visualize and show.
The content of the subject will provide and the knowledge and skills for learners to apply the three stages of design thinking in business: inspiration, ideation, and implementation. Analytical skills applied in the stages of design thinking will be introduced to learners through SCOPES, STEEP models, STEEP analysis matrix, strategic priority matrix, stakeholder map, observe customers, interview customers, identify customers’ insights and customers’ needs, POEMS model, empathy map, co-creation,...