Design Thinking for Enterprise: An Exploration of Problems Using the 5W&H Model

An exploration of problems
using the 5W&H model

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
The wicked problem....................................................................................................................1
SDG (sustainable Development Goal) GOAL related to the wicked goal..................................3
5W&H Model..............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
References:.......................................................................................................................................8
Online..........................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Sustainability is the concept that defines the accomplishment of one's own goals and
needs without compromising or putting stake the ability of the future generation to meet their
own needs (Angeli and Giannakos, 2020). In corporate world the sustainability has become the
buzzword for the organisations because to become the well known corporate giants the
organisations must comprise with sustainability principles and goals in order to move forwards
successfully. The United nations and its member states in 2015 has adopted the agenda of
sustainable development till 2030 (Department of economic and social affairs, The 17
Goals,2021). This respective agenda of Sustainable development contains 17 goals which
provide a shared blueprint for the people, planet, peace. Prosperity now and in the future. The
present report is the exploration of the one wicked problem like poverty, hunger, financial crisis,
terrorism etc. in today's society. The report will focus on one SDG goal to mitigate the problem
and explore the problem and the SDG goal using the 5W &H model.
MAIN BODY
The wicked problem
In the today's modern world there is huge problem of education design as with the
pandemic the education sector has faced a major downfall. Due to the inefficient educational
design the students are moving backward in terms of knowledge, excellence and qualification
(Gessler, Bohlinger and Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, 2021). Despite of the progress in the
technology, resources the world is still lacking itself to meet the millennium development goals
of achieving Universal primary education. As per the educational statistics the this problem is
huge as in year 2013, 59 million students or children of the primary school were out from the
school.
In the field of educational design the international community of education are not able to
address the gap between the quality and equity of the education. This is a serious issue as the
education is what the citizens must receive as their right.
Another recognisable issue in the design of education is that the in 2014 many children
failed to pass the minimum level criteria of the reading, writing and understanding the basic level
of mathematics (Department of economic and social affairs, The 17 Goals,2021). This is serious
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issue that in long term this uneducated population will be liability to countries and also grow
unemployment and also the sustainable growth of the world will be at risk.
In terms of educational infrastructure there is also a issue of lack of trained teachers and poor
conditions of the schools in large part of the world and in the developing countries this has been
risking the prospects of the quality education for all. There is also the problem of the access of
the water supply and electricity at schools in some regions (Adeoye, Adanikin and Adanikin,
2020).
The rapid changes in the technology has also created the challenges for the learning
environment, teachers capabilities, quality of education also are not at pace. Also to this factor
the women and girls of small towns and marginalised people are highly vulnerable to this
settings. This is basically giving rise to the global illiterate population.
In many developing countries the schools are facing the issue of lack of basic
infrastructure in providing the effective learning environment. In the primary and senior
secondary schools there are less than half schools have access to electricity, internet facility,
computers and a safe and hygienic water to drink.
In the year 2020 due to the emergence of the Covid-19 there was the closure of the
schools in order to slow down the spread of virus. The closure of the schools has created the
adverse impact on the learning outcomes and also on the social and behavioural aspects of the
children and the teenagers. Also this has impacted the 90% of the world's student population
(Department of economic and social affairs, The 17 Goals,2021).
Also due to the remote learning the community that has no access and knowledge of the digital
learning platforms are badly impacted and also the digital medium of learning has widened the
current gap in equality in reference to education.
The impact of pandemic has remained very drastic to the educational setting as its has
generational catastrophe. The pandemic has directly impacted the well being and students
learning (Rivas and et. al., 2020). Also the students or the children of the vulnerable regions has
very long term impacts as are at the risk of not coming back to school as they are being forced
for the child marriage or the child labour. Also the due to the pandemic there is loss of
knowledge and learning and motivation to attend the school after the reopening.
Education is a way by which there is raisin the socio-economic mobility and also it is one of the
key aspect to escape from the poverty from the last few increasing access of education and
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