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Complex Problem Solving & Design Thinking(G-UDS-CPS-DT)

MBA onboarding module · German UDS

The opening module of the MBA: how we learn, what complex (wicked) problems are — and how Design Thinking solves them in a user-centred way. Eight modules from orientation through the five Design Thinking phases to applying the whole method to a real digital challenge. Accredited at MBA / EQF level 7 — also bookable without ECTS.

Modulcode
G-UDS-CPS-DT
ECTS
4 · 100 h
Niveau
MBA / EQF Level 7
Sprache
Deutsch

Modulaufbau

8 Module von der Orientierung über die fünf Design-Thinking-Phasen bis zur Anwendung auf eine echte digitale Herausforderung.

  • Module 1: Programme introduction & learning methods

    • The UDS learning loop: Activate, Apply, Reflect, Share, Advance
    • Learning by doing rather than pure knowledge intake

  • Module 2: Understanding digital transformation

    • Tame vs. wicked problems
    • The iceberg: events, patterns, structures, mental models

  • Module 3: Future skills for the digital age

    • The future-skills constellation
    • Complex problem solving as the meta-skill

  • Module 4: Introduction to Design Thinking

    • The five phases: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test
    • Why the process is non-linear

  • Module 5: Empathize & Define

    • From observation to a sharp POV
    • User interviews and "How might we …?"

  • Module 6: Ideate — generating creative solutions

    • Diverge first, then converge
    • Defer judgment, go for quantity, choose bold bets

  • Module 7: Prototype & Test

    • "Build to think" and the iteration spiral
    • Watch, don't sell; good enough to decide

  • Module 8: Applying Design Thinking to digital challenges

    • The end-to-end pipeline on a real challenge
    • Transition into the module project

Prüfung & Bewertung

Bewertet wird ein gewichtetes Portfolio aus mehreren Leistungen. Bestanden ab 60 % — KMK-Notenschlüssel.

Wochen-Quizze16 %
Abschluss-Quiz17 %
Beteiligung17 %
Projekt50 %

Lehrkörper

Prof. Dr. Mike Friedrichsen

Modulverantwortung

Co-President der German University of Digital Science.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Holtermann, Ph.D., DBA

Lehrender Dozent

Design Thinking, komplexe Problemlösung, digitale Transformation.

Akkreditiert

Nach bestandener Prüfung erhalten Sie dieses Zertifikat.

Akkreditierter Kompetenz-Nachweis der German University of Digital Science — 4 ECTS · MBA / EQF Level 7. Verifizierbar unter nterion.de/verify.

German University of Digital Science
Akkreditierter Hochschul-Abschluss
German University of Digital Science
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G-UDS-CPS-DT

Complex Problem Solving & Design Thinking

4 ECTS · MBA / EQF Level 7

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