Integrative design thinking : a multidisciplinary approach to design-driven entrepreneurship education

Abstract

Entrepreneurship education has embraced design-based frameworks in recent years. In it, multidisciplinary is a core characteristic both of design thinking and entrepreneurship. However, the multidisciplinary is not included into considered in existing DT models applied in entrepreneurship education. To fill the gap, we proposed an integrative design thinking (iDT) process, which was developed based on seven-year experiences on ID&BM programme. The iDT consists of five roots in line with the three categories of DT. To achieve the dynamic capability as part of entrepreneurship education purpose, multidisciplinary elements were reported in line with the three-phases iDT process with a structure from multi-, cross- and inter-disciplinary. The iDT model enriches our understanding of DT with a focus on multidisciplinary elements. It contributes to a multidisciplinary approach to design-driven entrepreneurship education.