Design management aspects in Brazilian dissertations and theses: a systematic review

Abstract

Studies about the design management theme had being developed worldwide, especially in research centers in countries like France, Portugal, USA and Italy. In Brazil, although educational institutions who excel in research on Design Management, the scenario is still unclear. This work aims at a systematic review of academic literature on the subject of design management, mapping the intellectual production developed in the last twenty years in the post graduate programs, in Brazil, addressing completely or partly the Design Management subject. The research was conducted on the world wide web, using search engine database of theses and dissertations, search engines and websites of Brazilian university libraries, using the keywords ‘design management’, ‘strategic design’, ‘designer’ and ‘design manager’. The results show the state of the art and the evolution of research on the subject in question, as well as an overview about the current stage in which the research center and studies on design management take place in Brazil.