TABLE OF CONTENTS
Who I Am
What Does DMGT Mean To Me
Where I Want To Go With My Thesis
Who I am
what does dmgt mean to me
To me, design management isn't about managing design, it's about using design to boldly go where design has not gone before, to seek out new challenges and find unique opportunities to build a better future.
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
SOCIAL INNOVATION
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
SOCIAL INNOVATION
BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
where i want to go with my thesis
How can design be utilized to help entrepreneurs?
How can design, systems thinking and theory be brought together to create a holistic solution for success?
the current situation in Savannah
Savannah continues to prove to be an interesting environment for entrepreneurship.
Savannah continues to prove to be an interesting environment for entrepreneurship. With many disparate parts acting independently, startups frequently face confusion, mis-direction, road blocks, and red tape to moving forward.
Savannah continues to prove to be an interesting environment for entrepreneurship. With many disparate parts acting independently, startups frequently face confusion, mis-direction, road blocks, and red tape to moving forward. This is a major deterrent for small business growth and the strengthening of Savannah’s overall community and culture.
working thesis title
Economic Development by Design Cultivating Entrepreneurial Communities Through Design and Innovation
project statement
This project seeks to understand the current situation for entrepreneurship within Savannah and to develop opportunities to foster, facilitate, and cultivate a stronger, stable community.
Macro research questions
local • What is the current entrepreneurial environment in Savannah? • What assets exists in Savannah to support entrepreneurs?
local
External
• What is the current • What other communities entrepreneurial around the nation foster environment in Savannah? strong entrepreneurial • What assets exists in communities? Savannah to support • What is the role of entrepreneurs? incubators (the combination of Space, Education, and Funding) in other communities?
local
External
knowledge
• What is the current • What other communities • What defines Education, entrepreneurial around the nation foster Space, and Funding to environment in Savannah? strong entrepreneurial entrepreneurs? • What assets exists in communities? Savannah to support • What is the role of entrepreneurs? incubators (the combination of Space, Education, and Funding) in other communities?
Relevant literature
methodology and approach
Qualitative
Qualitative
Quantitative
project research sites
Savannah, GA
Savannah, GA Boulder, CO
Savannah, GA Boulder, CO Chattanooga, TN
Savannah, GA Boulder, CO Chattanooga, TN Ashville, NC
Savannah, GA Boulder, CO Chattanooga, TN Ashville, NC Austin, TX
Savannah, GA Boulder, CO Chattanooga, TN Ashville, NC Austin, TX San Antonio, TX
project challenges
Gaining Access
Gaining Access Limitation of the Tools
Gaining Access Limitation of the Tools Travel & Reseach Costs
Gaining Access Limitation of the Tools Travel & Reseach Costs Adaptations of Classical Theory for Entrepreneurship
Gaining Access Limitation of the Tools Travel & Reseach Costs Adaptations of Classical Theory for Entrepreneurship Establishing links between Entrepreneurship and Community Development
Timeline & Milestones
idus 763 prostpectus
10 WEEK GANTT CHART FOR IDUS 763, REVIEW, AND THESIS W1
W2 RESEARCH MATRIX
W3
W4
DEFINE RESEARCH METHOD
FINISH REVIEW PRESENTATION
PROBLEM STATEMENT
RESEARCH METHOD MAP
25 WORD THESIS STATEMENT
COMPILE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
CREATE LIT MAP
BEGIN DRAFTING PROSPECTUS RESEARCH PROSPECTUS REVIEW THESIS
W5
W6
W7
W8
W9
W10
WRITE PROSPECTUS
WRITE THESIS CH. 1
WRITE THESIS CH. 2
45 HR REVIEW
WRITE THESIS CH. 3
idus 763 prostpectus
10 WEEK GANTT CHART FOR IDUS 763, REVIEW, AND THESIS W1
W2 RESEARCH MATRIX
W3
W4
DEFINE RESEARCH METHOD
FINISH REVIEW PRESENTATION
PROBLEM STATEMENT
RESEARCH METHOD MAP
25 WORD THESIS STATEMENT
COMPILE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
CREATE LIT MAP
BEGIN DRAFTING PROSPECTUS RESEARCH PROSPECTUS REVIEW THESIS
W5
W6
W7
W8
W9
W10
WRITE PROSPECTUS
WRITE THESIS CH. 1
WRITE THESIS CH. 2
45 HR REVIEW
WRITE THESIS CH. 3
Research plan across the next year Year Long thesis research & milestone GANTT CHART spring q ’13
Summer Q ‘13
COMPILE SECONDARY RESEARCH IDENTIFY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CONDUCT IN-THE-FIELD RESEARCH
WRITE PROSPECTUS
REVIEW THESIS
REFINE, EDIT, UPDATE THESIS APPLY FOR DEFENSE
TAKE DMGT 790 (THESIS CLASS)
DEFEND!!
WRITE CH. 6 OF THESIS
UPDATE, EDIT, REFINE PROSPECTUS
WRITE LITERATURE REVIEW
45 HR REVIEW
spring q ‘14
REFINE & PROTOTYPE FINAL DELIVERABLE
WRITE CH. 4 & 5 OF THESIS
COMPILE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROSPECTUS
Winter q ‘13
COMPILE & SYSTHESIZE RESEARCH DATA
DRAFT PROSPECTUS
RESEARCH
Fall q ‘13
TURN IN PROSPECTUS
WRITE CH.1 & 3 OF THESIS MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE
MEET WITH COMMITTEE