Dear Charles
I answered the question on my view of design against the background of my research. In general I do not differ from your view – design is so wide it becomes almost impossible to define. A previous debate on this list had this kind of trouble.
I beg to differ on the view that the questionnaire is biased. The questionnaire does not want to establish the fact that managers need to know something about design – that is assumed, based on literature published in the last number of years. On the other hand, managers cannot be expected to know everything about design – then they might as well study a design course. The answer lies somewhere in between and is a bit more subtle than a yes/no.
The question therefore is: What are the most important things about design that managers need to know. The questionnaire would like to identify those areas. A scientific analysis, using i.a. recognized statistic software, will be able to discriminate the more important issues. I personally do not think a manager needs to know everything that is listed in the questionnaire. That would make him/her a designer. But I’ll tell you what many other people think, soon.
Kind regards
Jurie
Cape Town
PS Questionnaire is available on www.blu-c.com
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From: Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:39:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Design Management Questionnaire
Jurie
What about software design, and processes and products
of all kinds. In my view, design is a universal
discipline that can be applied to anything. i.e.
poetry, education, music, etc. Be careful to say that
you are concerned with design management in particular
professional disciplines within a corporate business
environment. Everyone that designs "manages" the
process somehow.
Also, I am disappointed that a research questionnaire
is being used to promote a point of view. You said "It
provided designers the opportunity to put their side
across". This seems to undermine the purposes of
science which is to discover and describe what exists
in an unbiased way. The bias of your questions
suggests it is more of a survey to establish that
these views have support. The scientific question then
becomes - among whom?
Regards,
Chuck
Dr. Charles Burnette
234 South Third Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: +215 629 1387
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Subject: Re: Design Management Questionnaire
Terry
I take design management as referring to the process
of design, starting
with the need to design and ending with the finished
product or process. It
can be in three areas: communication design, space
design and product
design.
Regards
Jurie
Hi Jurie,
Just wondering what sorts of designing you are
thinking of in relation to
design management?
Best regards,
Terry
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