TY  - CONF
TI  - Design Management in a Design Office: Development of the Knowledge Base
AU  - Pikas, Ergo
AU  - Koskela, Lauri
AU  - Liias, Roode
AD  - Aalto University, Department of Civil Engineering, ergo.pikas@aalto.fi and Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, ergo.pikas@ttu.ee
AD  - University of Huddersfield, School of Art, Design and Architecture
AD  - Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/07/09
T2  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Heraklion, Greece
SP  - 539
EP  - 546
DO  - 10.24928/2017/0316
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - In this second paper in a series of three, the aim is to develop a theoretical knowledge base for design science research (DSR) activity within the next paper. This is primarily a literature review based paper, inspired by the problems summarized in the first paper. The paper starts with a description and justification of the prototheory of design and design rhetoric. It has been argued that the design science has been concerned with the artefact rather as a technical than a social phenomenon. It is opportune to propose that the proto-theory of design and design rhetoric represent different, yet related dimensions of a productive act (techne). These concepts provide the necessary prescription for the root cause analysis of the problems addressed within the first paper and practical design and design management conceptualization within the third paper.
KW  - Design
KW  - proto-theory of design
KW  - rhetoric
KW  - design rhetoric
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1412/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1412
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -