THE CONVERGENCE OF DESIGN + MANAGEMENT

DOCTORAL SEMINAR7–10 JUNE, 2011KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN Kolding School of Design invites Ph.D. students to join this Doctoral Seminar focusing on research in design and management. Take the opportunity to work with an international esteemed faculty on how to develop your research agenda in the cross field of design and management.

The seminar is hosted by Centre for Design, Cul-ture & Management (CDCM), which is established and run as a strategic alliance between Kolding School of Design and University of Southern Den-mark.

The Ph.D. seminar is developed and run in collabo-ration with Professor Richard Buchanan, Wheath-erhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA.

Visit www.dskd.dk/cdcm for programme, venue and sign up.

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In collaboration with Weatherhead School of Management the Centre for Design, Culture and Management invites Ph.D. students to attend the Doctoral Seminar ‘The Convergence of Design plus Management’.

The programme is inspired by the working conference in June 2010 on the convergence of design and management hosted by Professor Richard Buchanan, Weatherhead School of Management.

FACULTYProfessor Richard Buchanan, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, (editor Design Issues)Professor Poul Rind Christensen, Kolding School of Design & Univer-sity of Southern DenmarkProfessor Janet McDonnell, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, (editor Co-Design)Associate Professor Silje Kamille Friis, Kolding School of DesignAssociate Professor Jakob Lauring, ASB, Aarhus UniversityLecturer/fellow Sabine Junginger, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin/Contemporary Institute for the Arts and Imagination, Lancaster University.

COURSE CONCEPTThe cross-disciplinary research agenda on design and management gain importance from the rapid transition of society and the contin-gency challenge faced by organisations. This triggers the meeting of creative designing and management. What then, are the new research agendas emerging from the meeting of design and management? How can we conceptualise this meeting? And how can we research the nexus of design and management in ways that inform and inspire for convergent research agendas?

The aim of the seminar is to generate conversations on key research themes of importance to the design-management agenda facing us.

The seminar will build on participants’ proposals for research writings and joint conversations aiming to inspire participants to develop their propositions into final research papers or journal articles. Key notes, supervisions and excursions are arranged in order to inspire conver-sations at the seminar. Finally, the goal is to explore and promote a network based research agenda among young researchers in the fields of management and design.

DOCTORAL SEMINAR7–10 JUNE, 2011KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN

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TUESDAY JUNE 7TH

11.00 Arrival, registration and lunch

13.00 Welcome by Poul Rind Christensen

13.15 Presentation of participants and faculty

13.30 Inspirational key note by Richard Buchanan

Research Frontiers crossing Design and Management

14.45 Coffee break

15.00 Assignment for the 1st interactive workshop session

Process facilitator: Poul Rind Christensen

How does your research relate to the agenda of design + management?

16.30 Inspirational key note by Sabine Junginger

Knowledge in action and for action – the role of experimental and analytical

knowledge building in organisational change

17.15 Plenum conversation

The process and patterns of scientific inquiry in research

Introduction by Richard Buchanan. Panel: Sabine Junginger &

Poul Rind Christensen

18.30 Dinner

19.45 Evening key note

Concept Developer Lyle Clarke – B&O http://www.bang-olufsen.com/company

Design as a platform for corporate strategy

WEDNESDAY JUNE 8TH

09.00 Inspirational key note by Professor Janet McDonnell

Tacit and codified design practices and their contingencies

09.45 Assignment for the 2nd interactive workshop

Facilitated by Sabine Junginger

Proposal presentations in groups of five – sensing the key themes and driving

Research Questions. Faculty members facilitate and inform discussions

12.00 Lunch break

13.00 Participants prepare for poster session

14.30 Coffee break and walking conversations

15.30 Poster session presentations and conversations

Facilitated by Sabine Junginger

16.30 Inspirational key note by Silje Kamille Friis Strategic Design

17.15 Time at disposal

18.30 Dinner in Kolding City (Café Nicolai)

20.00 Social evening Quiz at the English Pub

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THURSDAY JUNE 9TH

09.00 Inspirational key note by Poul Rind Christensen

Two logics at play? – The interplay of causal and effectual logic in

management and design

09. 45 Panel discussion with Richard Buchanan and Janet McDonnell

Writing your journal article correctly – panel discussion.

Chair of discussions: Poul Rind Christensen

10. 15 Assignment for the 3rd interactive workshop Facilitated by Richard

Buchanan and Sabine Junginger: Team building around key themes

and Research Questions: Providing a proper theoretical framework for

your writings. Faculty members facilitate and inform discussions.

12.00 Lunch break

13.00 Assignment for the 4th interactive workshop in groups of five

Facilitated by all faculty:

In groups of two: Forming the final story line for individual writings for

presentation. Joint poster with suggestions of a key theme enriching

the research agenda on design + management. Poster wall.

15.00 Coffee break

15.15 Inspirational key note by Jakob Lauring

How to study creative designing in multicultural organisation?

16.00 Bus departure for LEGO in Billund – http://aboutus.lego.com

17.00 Key note by Director Torsten Bjørn, LEGO LEGO Development

Process og D4B - Design For Business. Plenum discussion

18.30 Dinner at LEGO

20.00 Key note by Anne Flemmert Jensen The strategic role of user com-

munities. Plenum discussion

21.30 Bus departure to Kolding

FRIDAY JUNE 10TH

09.00 Individual presentations of papers Key Research Questions and

short story line.

10.30 Coffee break

11.00 Presentations continued

12.00 Lunch break

13.00 Faculty facilitate discussions of future research agendas on design

plus management

14.00 Wrapping up the seminar

15.00 Coffee break and evaluation

Departure.

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PRIMARY ORGANISERKolding School of Design – in collaboration with Weatherhead School of Management and Univer-sity of Southern Denmark

PARTICIPANTSPh.D. students working in the cross faculty research field of design and management.Maximum of participants is limited to 25.

LOCATIONKolding School of Design, Aagade 10DK 6000 Kolding

TRAVEL TO AND FROM KOLDINGFrom abroad the easiest way to reach Kolding is to go by train or by airplane. Billund Airport is in clos-est proximity, approx. 45 km from Kolding (there are busses from Billund to Kolding - route 406). Taxi: Please contact Lene Wul - lw@dskd.dk for reservation. As an alternative you can fly to Copen-hagen Airport and take the train directly from the airport. The train trip to Kolding takes 2½ hours.

ACCOMMODATIONWe have pre-booked single rooms at the following hotels and hostels:

– First Hotel Kolding (distance to school: 0,7 km) – Kolding Byferie (distance to school: 1,5 km)– Danhostel, Kolding (distance to school: 2,5 km)

Please refer to ‘Design+Management-seminar’, when reservation is made.

For more information: www.dskd.dk/cdcm.

CONFERENCE FEE200 Euro (covering facilities, meals, excursion and materials) – participants cover their own transport and accommodation. Payment due when the ap-plication is accepted.

STUDY POINTS AND CERTIFICATEThe program is equivalent to 5 ECTS points; partici-pants receive a certificate after approval of the final reflection document.

APPLICATIONSend the application form to Lene Wul lw@dskd.dk. Deadline for applications is Friday, April 1st. Application form can be downloaded at www.dskd.dk/cdcm

ASSIGNMENT BEFORE THE SEMINARParticipants must prepare a one page essay on their thoughts and interest of the field of design and managment and a two page outline of a theme they want to develop during the seminar. A short state-ment on what you expect to gain from the seminar should be added in the end. Deadline for delivery is May 13th.

ASSIGNMENT AFTER THE SEMINARAfter the seminar all participants prepare a progress paper in which they present their research paper in a lay out they expect to fit a research journal of their choice. All papers will be commented by one of the faculty members.

LITERATURELiterature for the seminar will be forwarded in May to those Ph.D. students attending the doctoral seminar.

TIME, VENUE AND CONTACTThe seminar will take place at Kolding School of Design on 7–10 June, 2011. Information on the programme, application deadline, participation fee and details of the venue are available at www.dskd.dk/cdcm. In case you need more information, contact Lene Wul (lw@dskd.dk) at Kolding School of Design.

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