This subject will develop the knowledge needed to understand the issue of service design in today's companies, both in the management of the companies themselves, where services are perceived as the main business activity (such as banks, hotels, hospitals), and also where services are provided as a supplement to the offer of material products.

Basic knowledge of marketing and management is assumed.

Teaching takes place in the form of an explanation of the basic principles, methodology of the given discipline and problems with practical application.

Student evaluation will take place based on the development of a team semester project and then in the form of an exam. The exam is oral.

The requirement is as follows:

Team project – at the beginning of the semester, students will be assigned a practical project for a selected company, the completion of which will be assessed 40 points.

1. The importance of services in today's economy (difference between product x service, division of services, share of services in GDP/employment, top service industry, top service companies) and the provision of services as the main content of the company's activity

2. Accompanying services to products, including their application at manufacturing companies

3. Accompanying services for products using smart technologies, including their application at manufacturing companies

4. Human-centred Design, Design Thinking and Service Design (SD) - what is SD and what is its meaning

5. Service Design Process and Service Design Management – ​​process understanding, SD process planning, SD process management

6. Basic tools of Service design (research findings, personas, journey maps, system maps, service prototypes, Lean Canvas and Business Model Canvas)

7. Research – research process in SD, methods of data collection, methods of data visualization, synthesis and analysis

8. Ideation – idea, decision, ideation process and ideation methods

9. Prototyping – prototyping process for services, prototyping methods

10. Implementation - from prototype to service launch, SD and change management, SD and SW development, SD and product management, SD and "architecture"

11. Service Design in IT

12. Practical recommendations regarding SD

13. Human-centered Design

The aim of the subject is to provide students with basic knowledge in the field of service design, both in companies dealing with services as the main business activity, and in companies where services are provided as a supplement to the offer of tangible products.

The control of teaching will take place in the form of an evaluation of the development and presentation of a semester project and a subsequent exam. The exam is oral.

The attendance at classes is not mandatory.

• Programme MGR-SRP-KS Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory