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Management of Design (BCPM0027)

Key Information

• Faculty: UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
• Teaching department: Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction
• Credit value: 15
• Restrictions: This module is only available to students enrolled on the MSc Strategic Management of Projects programme.

Alternative Credit Options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

The topics covered in this module are focused on understanding the meaning and importance of design, as an innovative approach to business and management in diverse organizational settings. Significant value can be created if a corporate adopts a design management approach and design thinking. However, regardless of the extent to which design is embedded in a corporate, the management of the design of projects and organizations calls for a specific set of skills that are different from the more conventional approaches to management. In this module, we will delve into the design and the management of design in diverse organizational settings in different sectors.

Aims

• Understanding the meaning of design
• Understanding the position of design in organizations and enmeshing that into the organization's processes
• Comprehending complexity and how it can be tackled
• Understanding the value of design, its creation, and capturing

Issues that the Module may Tackle

• The content of the module will consider design within the chain linking basic human need and the desire for development all the way through to the management of the resulting project.
• It relates design to the constraints and opportunities of development.
• It locates this process within a complex procurement and management intervention system.
• It assesses design within increasingly sophisticated considerations of design life cycles.

Learning Objectives

• A better understanding of the forces that drive design.
• An appreciation of how design can be better managed and enmeshed within the process to produce desired outcomes.
• An exploration of how design can be better appreciated and valued.

Module Deliveries for 2026/27 Academic Year

Intended Teaching Term: Term 1, Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and Assessment

• Mode of study: In person
• Methods of assessment:
  • 80% Exam
  • 20% Group activity
• Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other Information

• Number of students on module in previous year: 56
• Module leader: Dr Roya Derakhshanalavijeh

Last Updated

This module description was last updated on 10th March 2026.