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    Academic objective and positioning

    • Positioning

    Participants in the CAS programme learn the basic principles and techniques of Design Thinking. They work in interdisciplinary teams and apply processes, methods and tools from across the whole spectrum. Participants will gain the skills they need to develop innovative solutions for business and social contexts. Students will also be equipped to integrate Design Thinking successfully in their work and teach the principles to others.

    Participants on the CAS Design Thinking programme

    • learn the fundamental principles and techniques of the approach
    • increase their awareness of designoriented attitudes and behaviours
    • in interdisciplinary teams, explore a wide range of processes, methods and tools
    • expand their own personal repertoire of ways of finding innovative solutions for business and social contexts
    • are equipped to apply Design Thinking successfully and teach the principles to others

    Positioning

    In the context of the MAS Strategic Design, the CAS Design Thinking covers the essence of all seven dimensions of Strategic Design. The programme is particularly suitable for people who would like to extend their basic understanding of design and thereby enhance their reflective, enabling, navigation and transformation skills in particular.

    The spider modell

    Know Yourself โ€“ Develop an awareness of yourself and your own value system, and an understanding of how these influence your own positioning and strategic behaviour.

    Master Tools โ€“ Gain a broad knowledge of the concepts, methods and other instruments which help with strategic decision-making and support the required processes.

    Shape Experiences โ€“ Build up expertise in aesthetic and experience-based elements and their influence on, and interaction in, the implementation of strategic decisions.

    Enable People โ€“ Empower third parties by the clever application of collaborative and communication skills.

    Navigate Complexity โ€“ Learn how to handle complex systems and about contextual relationships and how these can be influenced by interventions.

    Transform Organizations โ€“ Learn about the idiosyncrasies of organizations and other communities.

    Understand technology โ€“ Raise awareness of the potential of technological developments and their direct interaction with cultural aspects of everyday life.