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Business sensible design: Exploratory research on the importance of considering cost and profit for undergraduate industrial design students.

Shahi, Sepideh
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368026398

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2013, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
This research aimed to investigate how important it is to embed business education into undergraduate industrial design curriculum and help design students understand the financial aspects of their design ideas, particularly in the areas of cost and profit. To respond to this question, a user-centered design approach was applied to understand design students' perceptions towards business education. Later on, the research findings were synthesized into a list of design requirements for developing a financial assessment tool. After rounds of ideation and looking into other frameworks from business related disciplines, a financial assessment tool was developed. Consequently, this tool was prototyped and piloted in a senior industrial design class in order to test its effectiveness. At last, students who had participated in the experiment evaluated the tool. Their positive feedback proved such methods could be successfully integrated into undergraduate design curriculum and help industrial design students gain a better understanding of the business aspects related to their ideas.
Craig Vogel, M.I.D. (Committee Chair)
Steven Doehler, M.A. (Committee Member)
52 p.
Design
design education; design process; business design; financial assessment tool; design tools; design business model;

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  • Shahi, S. (2013). Business sensible design: Exploratory research on the importance of considering cost and profit for undergraduate industrial design students. [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368026398

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shahi, Sepideh. Business sensible design: Exploratory research on the importance of considering cost and profit for undergraduate industrial design students. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368026398.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shahi, Sepideh. "Business sensible design: Exploratory research on the importance of considering cost and profit for undergraduate industrial design students." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368026398

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