MGMT243-26S1 (C) Semester One 2026

Innovation through Design Thinking

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 February 2026
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 March 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 May 2026

Description

Design Thinking is a people-centric, collaborative, optimistic, and experimental way of working to drive innovation. The course focuses on a form of design thinking, called the DUCTRI process, as a pragmatic approach to nurture deep curiosity about business/organisational/societal issues, unleash creativity, and ensure clarity when it comes to implementing innovative solutions or solving problems. The course introduces new tools and techniques and demonstrates how to apply them to practical situations. The course will help students to collaborate in more creative ways and aims to equip students with critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving, and communication to be competitive in a dynamic global marketplace.

Learning Outcomes

The outcomes of the course are:
1. Describe and apply a user-centred process for opportunity recognition, creation and development.
2. Identify opportunities found across multiple contexts including geographical, socioeconomic, industry and cultural boundaries.
3. Demonstrate a range of user-centred discovery and understanding tools to develop insight into an opportunity.
4. Create and evaluate a range of innovative solutions in response to areas of opportunity.
5. Construct and deliver a compelling message, both written and verbal, in order to build support for an innovative solution

Prerequisites

Any 60 points.

Restrictions

INOV200

Equivalent Courses

INOV200

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 13:00 - 15:00 Rehua 103 Project Workshop
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Nadeera Ranabahu

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Applied Group Project 65% Continuous: Project process: 5% Week 6: Report-Part 1 (discovery & understanding): 15% Week 9: Report-Part 2 (creating & testing):15% Week 12: Project poster: 20% Week 12: Report- Part 3:10%
Final Exam 35%


To pass this course you must not only achieve a final grade of 50% or higher, but also achieve a weighted average grade of at least 45% across all invigilated assessments.

Guidelines for the Use of AI in Coursework
The use of AI may or may not be permitted in courses. Within a course, permission may vary by assignment. It is the responsibility of the student to inform themselves about assessment conditions and submit work that is their own and that properly acknowledges the work of other people and tools, including generative artificial intelligence tools.

It is important to familiarise yourself with the UC Misconduct Procedure Guide for Students. Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to:
Where a student uses a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool for an assessment in a manner that is not expressly permitted or fails to acknowledge the use of a generative AI tool as instructed.

Assessment in Te Reo Māori
In recognising that Te Reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use Te Reo Māori in their assessment. If you intend to submit your work in Te Reo Māori you are required to do the following:
Read the Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy and ensure that you meet the conditions set out in the policy. This includes, but is not limited to, informing the Course Coordinator 1) no later than 10 working days after the commencement of the course that you wish to use Te Reo Māori and 2) at least 15 working days before each assessment due date that you wish to use Te Reo Māori.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Kelley Tom; Creative confidence : unleashing the creative potential within us all / Tom Kelley and David Kelley ; London : William Collins, 2015, ©2014, 2015.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,003.00

International fee $4,538.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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All MGMT243 Occurrences

  • MGMT243-26S1 (C) Semester One 2026