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Design Thinking for Business (Executive)

Postgraduate | RMI-BUSM4521 | 2020

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Look at local and international business issues and develop ethical solutions. Discover how design thinking manifests in organisational contexts. Reposition your understanding of design thinking as you tackle this foundational Executive MBA subject. 

Study method
Online & on-campus
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

FEE-HELP available

Design Thinking for Business (Executive)

About this subject

  • Upon successful completion of this subject you will be able to:

    1. Analyse and discuss design thinking, its manifestations and implications across organisational contexts
    2. Differentiate between various contemporary methods to identify opportunities and solve problems
    3. Create and communicate end-user driven solutions to business problems or opportunities utilising design thinking
    4. Demonstrate creative, critical and ethical thinking through developing and recommending solutions to business problems and opportunities that benefit relevant stakeholders
    5. Evaluate potential outcomes of design thinking in view of better decision making, implementation and sustainability of solutions.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Others

Do not enrol in this subject if you have completed OMBA600.

Additional requirements

  • Attendance requirements - Attendance for the 4-day intensive is compulsory, plus another 1-day presentation.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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