Managing Service Design

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Overview

Drive business transformation with service design.

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As the principles and practices of service design evolve, the technologies that drive innovation are creating a challenge for service designers and managers as they strive to generate customer value through product-service ecosystems.

There is a natural synergy between service design and design management, sharing three principles fundamental to their success: human-centredness, co-creation, and a holistic perspective. Some of the topics covered in this module include:

  • How can the synergy between Service Design and Design Management be exploited to establish service design leadership in organisations, markets, and service design teams?
  • How can service design teams better understand the business context and help drive service innovation?
  • What do design managers consider when introducing service design capabilities that help an organisation move from a product-centric to service-centric mindset and approach?
  • What are the competences and practices that design managers need to develop in order to succeed in the Service Design domain?
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Learning Goals

In this module you will pursue the following learning goals. You will be able to:
  • Show an understanding of servitisation and the various types of product-service systems.

  • Recognise the business context in which services either flourish or fail.

  • Gain familiarity with the principles and practices of service design that can drive success.

  • Gain an understanding of design management and the skills needed to successfully partner service design with the business.

  • Explore a framework to align service design maturity with service business maturity.

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Resources

Design for Humanity utilises our proprietary 'Service Design Management Action Plan' tool.

PARK training materials can be found in the Livebook, our e-learning application.

Image explaining the Service Design Management Action Plan tool and a screenshot from the e-learning application

The skills of a Service Design leader should reflect the integrative, multi-functional nature of the practice."

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