Today is the first day of the new semester. This semester, our students are building on their experiences from the first semester with four new courses.
Sustainability Studio, Spring 2009
While sustainability is a theme throughout every course in the Design MBA program, this studio focuses exclusively on developing solutions that directly affect financial, natural, and human capital, as well as the systems that govern them. This course takes an in-depth look at various frameworks and approaches to sustainable development, using both historical and contemporary examples. Throughout the semester, students use practical tools and techniques for identifying issues, developing solutions, troubleshooting problems, measuring progress, and implementing organizational change.
The course consists of two projects. The first is a 4-week group assignment to evaluate a product in terms of sustainability using one or more common sustainability frameworks. The second is a group development project of either a product or service with an emphasis on solving customer and societal needs sustainably.
There are a lot of articles assigned in this class as well as several books, listed here:
• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawkin, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins
• Leading Change Toward Sustainability, by Bob Dopplet
• Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must Be Sustainable, by Nathan Shedroff
Sustainability Studio, Spring 2009
While sustainability is a theme throughout every course in the Design MBA program, this studio focuses exclusively on developing solutions that directly affect financial, natural, and human capital, as well as the systems that govern them. This course takes an in-depth look at various frameworks and approaches to sustainable development, using both historical and contemporary examples. Throughout the semester, students use practical tools and techniques for identifying issues, developing solutions, troubleshooting problems, measuring progress, and implementing organizational change.
The course consists of two projects. The first is a 4-week group assignment to evaluate a product in terms of sustainability using one or more common sustainability frameworks. The second is a group development project of either a product or service with an emphasis on solving customer and societal needs sustainably.
There are a lot of articles assigned in this class as well as several books, listed here:
• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawkin, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins
• Leading Change Toward Sustainability, by Bob Dopplet
• Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must Be Sustainable, by Nathan Shedroff