MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
IDI5312 Design Thinking and Creativity Fall 3 0 3 12
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor MURAD BABADAĞ
Course Objectives: "This course strives to underline:
The challenges associated with shaping the future
The role of interactive planning in creating the future
The implications of design thinking to management
The role of vision, imagination, and contemplation in the process of design

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Discover and evaluate design opportunities through engaging cultural change and research
2) Interpret cultural meaning and understand user contexts
3) Create an array of diverse ideas and critically refine idea
4) Experiment with prototypes and receive user feedback
5) Iterate and evolve design ideas with ethical boundaries
6) Become familiar, engage, and evaluate small group communication and decision making processes as related to design thinking
7) Demonstrate integration and synthesis of expertise of major subject matter in design projects

Course Content

The course aims to provide the students a broad overview of creativity techniques and its essential methods. Analyzing and decomposing the relations and gaining a new way of looking to the problems are the abilities to be proposed in the content of this course.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation

Sources

Course Notes: "Change by Design by Tim Brown Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek This is Service Design Thinking by Marc Stickdorn and Jakob Schneider Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Problem­Solving by Alex F. Osborn The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam The Designful Company by Marty NeumeierGold, R. (2007) The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation, and Making Stuff, MIT Press. Lessig, L. (1999) Code and Other Laws in Cyberspace, Basic Books.Gold, R. (2007) The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation, and Making Stuff, MIT Press. Lessig, L. (1999) Code and Other Laws in Cyberspace, Basic Books.Roberto Verganti. Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean. Harvard Business School Press. 2009. Drucker, P. (2002). The discipline of innovation. Harvard Business Review: 95- 102 Roberto Verganti. Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean. Harvard Business School Press. 2009. Chapters1-2 Drucker, P. (2002). The discipline of innovation. Harvard Business Review: 95- 102
References: Amabile, T. M., & Khaire, M. (2008). Creativity and the role of the leader. Harvard Business Review, 86(10), 100-109. Aycan, Z. (2001). Human resource management in Turkey: Current issues and future challenges. International Journal of Manpower, 22(3), 252-260. Cakar, N. D., & Erturk, A. (2010). Comparing innovation capability of small and medium-sized enterprises: Examining the effects of organizational culture and empowerment. Journal of Small Business Management, 48(3), 325-359. Creativity and Innovation in Organizations 3 de Jong, J. P. J., & Den Hartog, D. N. (2007). How leaders influence employees’ innovative behaviour. European Journal of Innovation Management, 10, 41-64. doi:10.1108/14601060710720546 Denning, S. (2005). Transformational innovation. Strategy & Leadership, 33(3), 11-16. Drucker, P. F. (1999). Knowledge worker productivity: The biggest challenge. California Management Review, 41(2) 79-94. Gilley, A., Dixon, P., & Gilley, J. W. (2008). Characteristics of leadership effectiveness: Implementing change and driving innovation in organizations. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 19, 153-169. doi:10.1002/hrdq.1232 Hirst, G., Van Dick, R., & Van Knippenberg, D. (2009). A social identity perspective on leadership and employee creativity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 963-982. doi:10.1002/job.600 Jassawalla, A.R., & Sashittal, H.C. (2002). Cultures that support product-innovation processes. Academy of Management Executive, 16(3), 42-54. Tierney, P., & Farmer, S. M. (2011). Creative self-efficacy development and creative performance over time. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 277-293. doi:10.1037/ a0020952 Amabile, T. M., & Khaire, M. (2008). Creativity and the role of the leader. Harvard Business Review, 86(10), 100-109. Aycan, Z. (2001). Human resource management in Turkey: Current issues and future challenges. International Journal of Manpower, 22(3), 252-260. Cakar, N. D., & Erturk, A. (2010). Comparing innovation capability of small and medium-sized enterprises: Examining the effects of organizational culture and empowerment. Journal of Small Business Management, 48(3), 325-359. Creativity and Innovation in Organizations 3 de Jong, J. P. J., & Den Hartog, D. N. (2007). How leaders influence employees’ innovative behaviour. European Journal of Innovation Management, 10, 41-64. doi:10.1108/14601060710720546 Denning, S. (2005). Transformational innovation. Strategy & Leadership, 33(3), 11-16. Drucker, P. F. (1999). Knowledge worker productivity: The biggest challenge. California Management Review, 41(2) 79-94. Gilley, A., Dixon, P., & Gilley, J. W. (2008). Characteristics of leadership effectiveness: Implementing change and driving innovation in organizations. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 19, 153-169. doi:10.1002/hrdq.1232 Hirst, G., Van Dick, R., & Van Knippenberg, D. (2009). A social identity perspective on leadership and employee creativity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 963-982. doi:10.1002/job.600 Jassawalla, A.R., & Sashittal, H.C. (2002). Cultures that support product-innovation processes. Academy of Management Executive, 16(3), 42-54. Tierney, P., & Farmer, S. M. (2011). Creative self-efficacy development and creative performance over time. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 277-293. doi:10.1037/ a0020952

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