Understanding the Role of Design as a Practice for Strategy Development

Schweitzer, J; Sobel, L

Understanding the Role of Design as a Practice for Strategy Development

Schweitzer, J

Sobel, L

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dc.contributor.author	Schweitzer, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3145-721X
dc.contributor.author	Sobel, L https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8211-0155
dc.date	2022-07-17
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-25T03:13:33Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-25T03:13:33Z
dc.date.issued	2022-07-17
dc.identifier.citation	2022
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/159150
dc.description.abstract	Global environmental and social challenges are forcing organisations to reconsider how to generate value and growth. As customers seek value beyond satisfying personal needs toward societal concerns and capital markets support firms with a social purpose, the meaning of creating sustainable strategic advantage is challenged. Over the last decade, many organisations have adopted design-led approaches to pursue strategic innovation that delivers value to customers and stakeholders. The rise of design has resulted in diverse applications across contexts – managers are now working in more 'designerly ways' to innovate products and services and increasingly develop new strategic directions. Yet, we know little about what defines 'strategic design' as a professional practice or how strategists can effectively leverage it to respond to economic change or even broader consumer and shareholder demands. This study explores the rise of design (thinking) in strategy development and examines the opportunities within strategic management through a strategy-as-practice lens. We reviewed the key literature spanning strategy-as-practice, design thinking and design theory, and strategic design as it relates to strategic management – to establish a theoretical basis for further researching the practices of design as a strategy practice. We believe that the time is right to critically review the placement of design thinking related to creating strategy and establishing strategic design as a strategy practice. Our conceptual framework of ‘strategic design as a practice’ consolidates and aligns design- led approaches with strategic management theory. We also suggest future avenues for research.
dc.language	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Innovation and Product Development Management Conference
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dc.title	Understanding the Role of Design as a Practice for Strategy Development
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location.activity	Hamburg, Germany
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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dc.date.updated	2022-07-25T03:13:30Z
pubs.finish-date	2022-07-19
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Abstract:

Global environmental and social challenges are forcing organisations to reconsider how to generate value and growth. As customers seek value beyond satisfying personal needs toward societal concerns and capital markets support firms with a social purpose, the meaning of creating sustainable strategic advantage is challenged. Over the last decade, many organisations have adopted design-led approaches to pursue strategic innovation that delivers value to customers and stakeholders. The rise of design has resulted in diverse applications across contexts – managers are now working in more 'designerly ways' to innovate products and services and increasingly develop new strategic directions. Yet, we know little about what defines 'strategic design' as a professional practice or how strategists can effectively leverage it to respond to economic change or even broader consumer and shareholder demands. This study explores the rise of design (thinking) in strategy development and examines the opportunities within strategic management through a strategy-as-practice lens. We reviewed the key literature spanning strategy-as-practice, design thinking and design theory, and strategic design as it relates to strategic management – to establish a theoretical basis for further researching the practices of design as a strategy practice. We believe that the time is right to critically review the placement of design thinking related to creating strategy and establishing strategic design as a strategy practice. Our conceptual framework of ‘strategic design as a practice’ consolidates and aligns design- led approaches with strategic management theory. We also suggest future avenues for research.

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