Design Management SRH Fernhochschule - The Distance Learning University

Overview

This is what you will learn

Your goal is to lead through design.

You are a designer, manager or have a strong interest in design. Well-managed design processes and creative teams as well as the professional management of creative processes inspire you. This degree programme is suitable for you if you have completed a Bachelor of Arts and would like to qualify for the management of design processes.

Our Master’s degree programme in Design Management offers practical and professionally sound content that prepares you for the intersection of design and management. Through partnerships with businesses and design companies, you will have the opportunity to experience and evaluate real-world problems and solutions. Our programme combines design, management, and research methods with creative and professional practice.

You will gain fundamental insights into design thinking and problem-solving at the intersection of management, including contemporary models and theories and the skills to apply them to your environment. You will develop both management and design knowledge, as well as sound communication skills to take on leadership roles in cre- ative environments. Using scientific methods, you will learn to design for a constantly evolving global environment. With your acquired professional and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills, you will be able to manage increasingly complex design requirements successfully and responsibly in a wide range of organisations.

Curriculum

1. Semester

• General Business Administration
• Design Management Leadership
• Design Research & Design Methods
• Design Theory, Scientific Design Concepts & Design Science
• Project 1 - Practice-based research

2. Semester

• Marketing
• Decision Making, Management and Design
• Design Management Strategy
• Design Systems & Designing in complexity
• Project 2 - Research based project

3. Semester

• Change Management
• Master-Thesis