{"c_title":"[AAAAA] Decision-Making Methods for Social Innovation","c_info":"3 credits | Lecture\/Seminar | Master | Dept. of Environmental Planning","c_summary":"This course covers major methods used by governments, businesses, and communities for innovative decision-making. The methods include brainstorming, living lab, and negotiation, mediation, and facilitation as well as focus group interview, Delphi technique and AHP (analytic hierarchy process)\u2014and ANP (analytic network process) as its alternative\u2014stated preference survey on virtual scenarios, Q-methodology for analyzing subjective perceptions, and backcasting and Futures Wheel as futurology techniques. Also, students will learn the importance of communication for preventing any distortion and error in the process of applying the methods. The course deals mainly with the theoretical background and where and when to use, domestic and international cases, and strengths and weaknesses as well as subsequent alternatives of the methods. Its contents are beneficial to seminar and living lab courses offered in the Urban and Social Innovation Major."}