KISKED02 Design thinking: How to offer desirable and successful services or solve complex problems

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. David Kudrna (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Švidrnochová (lecturer)
PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Matěj Káninský, MSc. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Magdaléna Bohuslavová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Candidates are enrolled in the course on the basis of an e-application and admission procedure.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Do you create products, design services, lead teams and want to get better at it? The Design Thinking course will allow you to take your projects to a new level. Design Thinking teaches you to think outside of normal structures and look for innovative solutions. The individual chapters of the course gradually introduce you to the principles and process of designing services, its phases of the process and practical proven methods that will make your work easier. We will tell you tips and tricks as well as the experiences of others. You will also encounter tasks where you will have to roll up your sleeves and try something. You will learn how to design services and products so that they are really useful to people.
Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the participant will:
- Design entirely new services or improve what you already do. Proceed with confidence and build on solid foundations.
- Find out what people need, understand them better. To ensure the success of your work with those you work for.
- Have ideas and drive to implement your own project.
- Establish and maintain meaningful cooperation - with partners, colleagues, clients, users, do things participatively.
- To be courageous, creative and self-confident, at the same time standing critically with your feet on the ground, learning from mistakes and avoiding unnecessary missteps.
- Constantly improving, being curious and adapting our services to changing conditions and people's needs.
Syllabus (in Czech)
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Teaching methods
On-line meetings, on-line workshops, independent activities, experiments
Assessment methods
Participants who meet all the requirements of the course will receive a university certificate, i.e.:
- they will study e-learning materials and continuously complete tasks
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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