Designing to innovate. An introduction to the C-K theory

Faced with the challenges of competition through innovation, firms must acquire and develop new innovation engineering activities. These activities aim to organize and master the design of new products or systems and allow for the joint design of the technical, scientific, and managerial dimensions of an innovation strategy.

The videos of the MOOC “Designing to Innovate: Introduction to the C-K Theory” will help you understand the contemporary logic of innovative design. It will present the contributions, often separated in Anglo-Saxon universities, of engineering design (rule-based design), which is at the base of classic project management, and then the most recent innovative design methods (C-K Theory), which are necessary for the strategic management of technology and innovation, as well as the collective development of creative capabilities.

This MOOC is aimed at both business actors concerned with innovation issues (designers, managers, etc.), and engineering students or students in management, design, etc., from the second year of their undergraduate studies.

These videos were produced with the financial support of AUNEGE: Digital Thematic University in Economics and Management (Université Numérique Thématique en Economie et Gestion).

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Author(s): HATCHUEL Armand, HOOGE Sophie

 

Module 1: What is a design task? What is the purpose of Design Theories?

Module 2: Rule-based Design: The Functional Approach

Module 3: Rule-based Design: Prototyping and Robustness

Module 4: Innovative Design: Introduction to C-K Theory

Module 5: Applying C-K Theory for the Design and Management of Innovation.

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