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Product Development & Service Design

Niveau

Consolidation

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The development and design of new products and services is one of the most important and risky challenges facing companies. After this course, students will be able to name the stages of product development and explain how companies generate and implement ideas for new products.

Prerequisites for the course

Modul MGL

Course content

In this course, students become familiar with the principles and practices in product development, design, marketing and the introduction of new products and services. Students learn how to integrate (end) customers into this process, which concepts and tools can be used to support successful product development, which role the product life cycle plays and which marketing strategies can be applied in the individual phases of the product life cycle.

Recommended specialist literature

•Ulrich K.T., and Eppinger S.D. (2019): Product Design and Development, Fifth Edition, NY.: McGraw-Hill
•Scholz, U., Pastors, S., Becker, J. H., Hofmann D., and van Dun, R. (2018). Praxishandbuch Nachhaltige Produktentwicklung, Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
•Trott, P. (2016). Innovation Management and New Product Development, Harlow: Pearson Education.

Assessment methods and criteria

Seminar paper

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

4

Share of e-learning in %

15

Semester hours per week

2.0

Planned teaching and learning method

Seminar paper and/or presentation

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

4

Name of lecturer

will be available soon

Academic year

Key figure of the course/module

ANM2

Type of course/module

practice

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

none