Assignment 4 Design Thinking Action Lab - Prototype & Test
1. Class of 5th Semester Electronics &
Communication Engineering,
Bangalore College
Professor “Mathew” is the head of the
department and also the CEO of the
company “Bangalore Electronics” a
subsidiary of Bangalore College
Saurav is a 5th Semester
Student in Bangalore
College
Bangalore Electronics
manufacture “Integrated Circuit”
Chips for electronic devices with
200 full time employees
Every Student is assigned to work for 3
months in the manufacturing unit of
Bangalore Electronics during the 5th
semester and final semester of the
course
• Saurav is assigned a job for 3 months in the factory
• He is exempted from college for this period
• He will be given objectives and expected to achieve
them
• His compensation for this period is Indian Rupees
10000 per month
• He is joined with a team of already existing 4 full
time employees
• At the end of 3 months saurav goes back to school
with an experience certificate and appraisal sheet
for his work
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Problem: HOW
MIGHT WE
HELP SAURAV
to easily transit
from school to
work
Prototype 1: Schools should start a business involving students
2. • Students will gain experience
• Awareness to new technologies (what
is new; what is outdated)
• Overall idea of internship etc. is
known to work quite well so it would
work well even in this changed setup
where the college itself runs the
business
• More details about college running
the business
• Will each department start a
company?
• Is this really viable? Who would do
the initial investment for the
business. A college would rather
improve infrastructure than start a
business.
• Instead of starting an own company,
have tie-up and provide internships
• Once the employer hires students thru
campus placement; provide internships
before employment
• Alumni to give internships if they have
their own firms
• Students should do school work
(maintenance of equipment, website
development etc.)
Test Prototype 1: Schools should start a business involving students (Tested with 3 people)
+ WHAT WORKED ∆ WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED
? QUESTIONS ! IDEAS
3. Every year the school invites their Top
students (who are working) with 2 to
10 years of experience
The syllabus for that academic year is
shared by the heads of the department
Professors and alumni brainstorm
(divided based on their area of
expertise)
Syllabus is revised based on the
discussions
Alumni's help the professors to be up skilled
on the new syllabus by sharing their
knowledge and experiences
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Problem: HOW
MIGHT WE
HELP SAURAV
to easily transit
from school to
work
Prototype 2: School alumni to collaborate with school to improve syllabus
4. • Everything
• College professors can understand
and compare the current and future
• More details on how the overall
faculty-alumni collaboration will
work
• Will each department start a
company?
• Changing the syllabus every year
may not be possible?
• How to ensure that the syllabus is
not completely industry/market
demand driven and does not lose
out on covering the important
basic topics
• Together with prototype 1, let the students of
year X decide the syllabus for students of year
X-1 for a particular subject after the students
of year X have had some industry experience.
More than the faculty, the students of year X
know what they could apply from what they
just learn and what was missing when they
went to work in a company. This will also give
a sense of ownership to students and would
even make them perform better
• Include more practical learning instead of
theory
Test Prototype 2: School alumni to collaborate with school to improve syllabus (Tested with 3 people)
+ WHAT WORKED ∆ WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED
? QUESTIONS ! IDEAS