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| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Sustainability and Plastics Management (SPM) 2024W |
| Objectives |
- Develop a Deep Understanding of Design Thinking**: Equip students with a thorough grasp of design thinking principles and methodologies. This includes empathizing with users, defining problems, ideating solutions, prototyping, and testing. The goal is to enable students to apply these principles to sustainability challenges in the plastics industry.
- Mastering User-Centric Methods: Train students to adeptly employ user-centric approaches in developing sustainable solutions. This involves learning techniques for understanding user needs, behaviors, and experiences, and translating these insights into effective and sustainable plastic management strategies.
- Engage in Stakeholder Interaction in Technology Development Processes: Teach students effective strategies for engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, including industry professionals, government bodies, non-governmental organizations, and communities in the technology development process. The course should focus on building skills in communication, negotiation, and
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| Subject |
- Design Thinking
- User-Centric Methods
- Stakeholder Management in Technology Development processes
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Grading of Class Participation, Quality of Presentation, Quality of Reflection-Paper
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| Methods |
Lecture, Exercise, (Group-)Presentations, Reflection-Paper (i.e. Learning Journal)
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
Literature will consist of recent research articles as well as case studies that will be made available. A list of textbooks on the topics will be suggested. The relevant materials can be retrieved from Moodle and/or will be announced in class.
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| Changing subject? |
No |
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