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    These shows lack of consistency. Figure 3. Pictures shown in the Gallery menu 2.2 Visibility of System Status It is assumed the first page that comes up on a website is its “home page” with some design features to gives potential customers some insight on what the site is all about. The visual design of the site’s “home page” has failed to convey any substantial information that it is indeed a restaurant. Basta pasta written on the home page meaning “Just Pasta” according to google is not just

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    Research Problem Community revitalization as a research problem can be an inspiring endeavor. Community revitalization itself and the change management approaches used can bring about significant change that can yield extraordinary results to areas for many years to come. The current community change effort, Impact Lufkin, in Lufkin, TX is an example of this type of work in action. Beames (2016) states that “the Impact Lufkin group was started by the T.L.L. Temple Foundation and is made up of

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    Co-design Bovaird describes how services are no longer simply delivered by professional and managerial staff in public agencies but are coproduced. Traditional conceptions of service planning and management are now outdated and need to be revised to account for coproduction as an integrating mechanism and an incentive for resource mobilization—a potential that is still greatly underestimated. Wherton et al support the notion that if ‘care closer to home’ is to be realised, then industry, health

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    Impact Lufkin: Appreciative Inquiry Research Problem Community revitalization and unique change management approaches used can bring about significant change that can yield extraordinary results to areas for many years to come. The current community change effort, Impact Lufkin, in Lufkin, TX is an example of this type of work in action. The Impact Lufkin group is partnered with the T.L.L. Temple Foundation and is comprised of many community leaders. The goal, as community change implies, is to

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    study, which primarily utilized focused ethnographies, is that the researchers may not involve participants from a similar community (2013). In order to address this aspect, the researchers should have conducted a Participatory Action Research (PAR), specifically Community-Based Participatory Research (Barroso & Cameron, 2013, p. 187). Like ethnography, PAR allows the researchers to work towards improving the health of their participants.

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    A Design Process

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    A design process is more experimental rather than technical, the insights that are reflected in the journey of design or research leads to transformations in the behavior of the practitioner. The possibility of outcome can be influenced either in positive or negative ways as it generally develops from the current issues in the society. This affects the whole process and choices a designer make, it can be related in terms of cultural, economical, global, political or environmental issues they can

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    research. As such, I must understand where my positionality is derived from to ensure that my research remains as “truthful” as possible (Holmes, 20014). I must remain self-conscious about my own views and positions and how they may influence my design, execution and interpretation of the research data findings (Greenback, 2003). Understanding my own positionality further guides me to remain cognizant of it while practicing and sustaining reflexivity throughout my research. Berger (2013) remarks

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    over-arching company strategy follows an innovative, mysterious and customer-centered strategy. One of the main reasons for Apple’s success has to do with their large commitment to satisfying customers while continuously innovating their products and design without creating a sense of “too much” or confusing their consumers through new operating systems. These goals, which create a unique and successful company, are achieved through the ways in which they use the five key strategic elements: arena, differentiators

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    1. Briefly explain how you will design the manufacturing process to optimize the interaction between The Hanklin Tire Company and its customers. Participation in design (or ‘innovation from the edge’): to an increasing degree, individuals take creative and business roles in design processes. Participatory design is an approach to design that actively involves all stakeholders (e.g. employees, partners, customers, citizens, end users) in the design process to help ensure the result meets their needs

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    researchers, including a social action group, collaboratively conducted the entire article in two adjacent suburban communities in Western Canada (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 78). More so, the data of the research study, which was particularly based on Participatory Action Research, was collected between 2000 and 2002 (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 78). At the time, the legislation

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