Both sides of the coin : a teaching strategy to facilitate an alignment of the creative design purpose of a fashion designer and the requirements of the consumer
- Authors: De Wet, Lee (A.J.C.)
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Fashion design education , Awareness , User-centred design
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/215476 , uj:21420 , Citation: De Wet, L (A.J.C.). 2016. Both sides of the coin : a teaching strategy to facilitate an alignment of the creative design purpose of a fashion designer and the requirements of the consumer.
- Description: Abstract: Many South African fashion designers are unsuccessful in terms of business and strategy, by creating products that express their own artistic design style, without sufficient consideration of specific consumer requirements. The argument is made that fashion design education that neglects the consumer in the design process could set students up for such failure. This paper reports on the second application of an action research cycle to implement an improved teaching approach. The teaching approach included an intervention to stimulate awareness of the need for a fashion designer to integrate designer’s style with target market requirements as a strategy to produce authentic, relevant products that can add value to the consumer. In order to reflect upon and evaluate the effect of the action to stimulate awareness, data were obtained from participants’ written reflections and design purpose statements, as well as assessment results of completed concept design illustrations. The findings of the study indicated that with the exception of one case, all the participants were able to attain levels of awareness, as was demonstrated in the assessment results of the design illustrations, which represented the visual expression of a participant’s design strategy. Nevertheless, the ability to synthesise ideas was identified as a major challenge to still address. It is clear from the findings though that the strategic principles and process facilitated through the teaching approach and the subsequent recommendations for refinement, present a viable opportunity for fashion design educators to pursue and adapt to their situations and needs.
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Cybersecurity awareness in an Industrial Control Systems company
- Authors: Prins, Stefan , Marnewick, Annlizé , Von Solms, Sune'
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Awareness , Cybersecurity , Industrial control systems
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/426006 , uj:36495 , Prins, S., Marnewick, A., Von Solms, S.: Cybersecurity awareness in an Industrial Control Systems company.
- Description: Abstract: This paper investigates the cybersecurity awareness levels of employees at an industrial control systems organization and measures their knowledge on the potential impact of cyber-related attacks on their systems through a case study. Attacks on industrial control systems as well as the information technology infrastructure which it relies on, are becoming a growing problem for governments and organizations. Cybersecurity policies of organizations are critical to ensure that industrial control systems environments are adequately protected. It is equally important for the organizations to ensure that their employees are aware of the cybersecurity policies and why they must be implemented. In many cases, however, organizations are faced with employees who are not aware of the potential cyber-related security threats posed to their industrial control systems, nor the impact these attacks might have. Results show that although employees understand the severity of cyber vulnerabilities their awareness is low.
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