Reflection on Design Techniques for Managers Course

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Brief of experience..........................................................................................................................1
Analysis of experience.....................................................................................................................3
Evaluate the experience...................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
Reflection is highly associated with the learning because it facilitates the individual to
understand about themselves that how they learn and what needs to be improved (Boud, Keogh
& Walker, 2013; Moon, 2013; McIntosh, 2010). In this context, the present report is based on the
reflection on the course of “Design techniques for managers”. For this purpose, the report
narratively describes the whole course in the context of learning. Apart from this, the experience
has been analyzed by considering the feeling of the student during the several activities of this
course. Further, academic theories have also been used to reflect on the student' experience and
identify the key strengths and weaknesses. On the other hand, according to experience analysis,
the action plan has also been created that provides the strategies direction to overcome the
lacking skills for determining appropriate growth in future.
Brief of experience
As per my learning experience from this course, I learned the several things which
significant for enhancing my skills and competencies. It is because I attended several workshops
related to design process, theory, problem finding, need analysis, problem-solving, research
skills for design thinking, design the launch, design presentation and co-creation and design the
developer. Initially, I missed giving an energetic initiation to this course because I enrolled at
the last movement that prevented me from writing my starting blogs which were mandatory for
completing this course. It brought frustration into me by increasing the work burden (refer blog
entry of 27 August 2019). For this purpose, I started self-learning of missed weeks. I drew the
images which studied in the initial weeks and asked my friends regarding these weeks. It
increased my knowledge about the missed week and encouraged me to give a high focus on the
next weeks. In next week, I proactively participated and raised several questions related to
lecture topics (refer blog entry of 5 September 2019). It increased my knowledge about
empathy, iteration and empathy by using the DT tools. Further, my tutor also gave an excellent
example that helps me to understand the lecture topic quickly. The example was more realistic,
that encouraged me to view the failure form a different perspective.
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Besides the excellent examples, my tutor raised my skills to deal with problematic situations.
The identification and analysis of root causes of a problem is the best way to find the most
appropriate solution for the challenge. Further, I also increased my teamwork competencies by
working in a group assignment. It is because I got several different topics for the assignments of
different weeks in the group. It broadly increased my knowledge because each task needed
specific practice. Apart from theoretical learning, I also learned about visual learning, where I
watched several images in a lecture and increased my creative skills. I also learnt about the DT
problem that affects creative thinking.
Further, I also learnt to create interconnection among unmanageable things. It helped me to
enhance my DT skills that may support me in handling my entrepreneurial task in the future. On
the other hand, I learned regarding research field during this course because I got the platform to
analyze several real-life businesses by using the academic theories. It had assisted me in
increasing my knowledge about the several educational methods and its importance for
managing the business operation. It further helped me to improve my creativity for framing the
strategies for routine procedures. Moreover, I also got involved in the several mini activities like
cutting the cake in 7 and 10 equal pieces and connecting the dots that improved my mind
mapping skills (refer blog entry of 29 September 2019). As a result of this, this course also
increased my knowledge about the different types of the research paradigm and mind mapping.
Additionally, I also collected the information from the various sources which are significant for
analysis of a particular situation. I understood the best way to take the interview by identifying
getting insights of Dos and Don’ts (refer blog entry of 13 September 2019). Further, I learnt
about ethics and its importance for businesses as well as for the individual. Here, the impact of
organizational integrity on decision making, governance and core values were also assessed in
this course. In increased my knowledge about the ethics and consider the human needs in
organizational policies. In this context, my tutor allocated a group assignment wherein I
collected the data through interview and created the presentation. The topic which was assigned
to my team is the "Smartphone Zombies". My group used the DT tools for creating the
presentation. However, I felt nervous before presenting presentation to my tutor (refer blog
entry of 29 September 2019). Further, our presentation was not up to the mark as we get
feedback from my tutor. The potential reason behind that same was ineffective survey to address
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