The learning needs of small and medium-sized enterprises for design led innovation

van der Bijl-Brouwer, M; Bucolo, S

The learning needs of small and medium-sized enterprises for design led innovation

van der Bijl-Brouwer, M

Bucolo, S

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Publisher:: Design Research Society
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of DRS2014: Design's big debates, Pushing the boundaries of design research, 2014, pp. 1288 - 1300
Issue Date:: 2014-01

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dc.contributor.author	van der Bijl-Brouwer, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-5155	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bucolo, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4195-4500	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Lim, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Niederer, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Redström, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Stolterman, E	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Valtonen, A	en_US
dc.date	2014-06-16	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of DRS2014: Design's big debates, Pushing the boundaries of design research, 2014, pp. 1288 - 1300	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9789176010686	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33539
dc.description.abstract	Many scholars in the design research field are involved in (post)-graduate design education on the one hand, and some type of corporate education on the other. While there is a growing body of knowledge on educating design students, there is a gap in this research field with regard to the education of non-design professionals. This type of education has become more important now it is increasingly recognized that design can support innovation in businesses, so-called design led innovation. In this paper we focus on educating Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). We propose a learner-centred approach to the development of education, which means that insights in the learners' needs are used to develop programs on design-led innovation. To illustrate this approach we present how the learning needs of SMEs were investigated through the qualitative evaluation of a 'Building Design Competency' program. From this study can be concluded that SMEs have specific emotional, social and cognitive characteristics that influence their learning needs. These needs include trustworthy course providers and instructors, a learning community of non-competing peers, customized stimulation of a deep learning approach, and adjustment of teaching material to their initial level of customer and business insights.	en_US
dc.publisher	Design Research Society	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of DRS2014: Design's big debates, Pushing the boundaries of design research	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Design Research Society International Conference	en_US
dc.title	The learning needs of small and medium-sized enterprises for design led innovation	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Umeå, Sweden	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Umeå, Sweden	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Umeå, Sweden
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - DIRC - Design Innovation Research Centre
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pubs.finish-date	2014-06-19	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Umeå, Sweden	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.start-date	2014-06-16	en_US

Abstract:

Many scholars in the design research field are involved in (post)-graduate design education on the one hand, and some type of corporate education on the other. While there is a growing body of knowledge on educating design students, there is a gap in this research field with regard to the education of non-design professionals. This type of education has become more important now it is increasingly recognized that design can support innovation in businesses, so-called design led innovation. In this paper we focus on educating Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). We propose a learner-centred approach to the development of education, which means that insights in the learners' needs are used to develop programs on design-led innovation. To illustrate this approach we present how the learning needs of SMEs were investigated through the qualitative evaluation of a 'Building Design Competency' program. From this study can be concluded that SMEs have specific emotional, social and cognitive characteristics that influence their learning needs. These needs include trustworthy course providers and instructors, a learning community of non-competing peers, customized stimulation of a deep learning approach, and adjustment of teaching material to their initial level of customer and business insights.

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