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Design and Innovation

 

Recommended Reading

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Design thinking : process and methods manual / Robert Curedale
Design thinking for innovation : research and practice
Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications
Design for Services
Digital Experience Design : Ideas, Industries, Interaction
Strategic design thinking : innovation in products, services, experiences, and beyond
The Pocket Universal Methods of Design : 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions
Design Thinking
Servitization strategy and managerial control / Anna Pistoni, Lucrezia Songini.
Service Design : process & methods / Robert Curedale
Fundamentals of Product Design
Change by design : how design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation
Teaching as a design science : building pedagogical patterns for leaning and technology / Diana Laurillard
Fieldwork for design : theory and practice
Research Methods in Education
Team-based learning : a transformative use of small groups in college teaching

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658.4       Executive management
745.4       Pure and applied design and decoration
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