MIS776 - Design Thinking for Innovation

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Online Intensive

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

The unit will be offered in an intensive mode on-campus over 4 days at the beginning of T3 (9.00am and 5.00pm AEST)

Scheduled learning activities - online

The unit will be offered in an intensive mode on-online over 4 days at the beginning of T2 (9.00am and 5.00pm AEST).

Note:

Quotas apply.

Trimester 2 2025 Dates: (via MS Teams between 9.00am and 5.00pm AEST):

  • Saturday 9th August 2025
  • Monday 11th August 2025
  • Friday 15th August 2025
  • Saturday 16th August 2025

 

Content

Design Thinking refers to a style of thinking that brings creativity to the way we define and solve problems. It combines sensitivity for the context of a problem, creativity in the generation of new insights and solutions, and rationality in analysing and fitting solutions to the context. This unit explores design thinking as a practice for identifying and developing innovation opportunities in a range of business and social contexts. It explores key approaches associated with the practice of design thinking, such as ethnographic techniques for understanding the problem context, creative approaches for idea generation, ill-structured problem solving, collaborative/participatory teamwork and human centred problem solving. The unit will develop the basis for innovative and creative thinking in students and develop confidence for students to think innovatively.

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