Design Thinking-Based Internship; An Efficient Alternative for Hiring Product Designers

Q Engineering
N. Yashmi, Elham Momenzade, P. Adibzade, Sara Taghipour Anvari, Mohammad Saghafi, Shabnam Tajbakhsh, K. Feridouni, M. Sarikhani
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To fill a specialized job position, organizations should provide onboarding training. Therefore, investigating more rapid and efficient training is unavoidable. This case study reports a method based on Design Thinking for training product designers during an internship to prepare them for a professional job position. This training, including the theory and practice, was conducted twice, with each taking three months. We organized two intern groups containing four participants under a senior product manager’s supervision as a mentor in — Bahar E-Commerce Company— a Fintech startup. After completing these internships, five external referees evaluated the trainees’ skills such as problem determination, ideation, design thinking, user experience, user interface design and product evaluation. In addition, the result of their design project was evaluated with real users. The results showed that trainees could conduct a design project at a professional level, offering great value to startups. On the other hand, the internship was more time-effective and cost-effective than onboarding a new employee and provided better compliance. For the trainees, applying the Design Thinking approach via an actual project in a startup was a fast way to become an expert in product design.
基于设计思维的实习;雇佣产品设计师的有效选择
为了填补一个专门的工作岗位,组织应该提供入职培训。因此,研究更快速有效的培训是不可避免的。本案例研究报告了一种基于设计思维的方法,在实习期间培训产品设计师,使他们为专业工作岗位做好准备。本次培训分为理论和实践两部分,每部分为期三个月。我们组织了两个实习小组,每组四人,由一位资深产品经理作为导师指导,在一家金融科技创业公司——Bahar电子商务公司。在完成这些实习后,五位外部评审对学员的问题判断、创意、设计思维、用户体验、用户界面设计和产品评估等技能进行了评估。此外,他们的设计项目的结果与实际用户进行了评估。结果显示,学员可以在专业水平上进行设计项目,为创业公司提供了巨大的价值。另一方面,与新员工入职相比,实习更具时间效益和成本效益,并提供了更好的合规。对于学员来说,通过在初创公司的实际项目中应用设计思维方法是成为产品设计专家的快速途径。
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Journal of Display Technology
Journal of Display Technology 工程技术-工程:电子与电气
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1.50
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审稿时长
2.8 months
期刊介绍: This publication covers the theory, material, design, fabrication, manufacturing and application of information displays and aspects of display technology that emphasize the progress in device engineering, design and simulation, materials, electronics, physics, and reliability aspects of displays and the application of displays. The Journal is sponsored by EDS, seven other IEEE societies (BT, CES, CPMT, IA, IM, PHO and SSC) and the Optical Society of America (OSA).
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