dc.contributor.advisor | Maria Yang. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Klein, Alex C.(Alex Charles) | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program. | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | System Design and Management Program. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-12T17:41:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-12T17:41:48Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2018 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122887 | |
dc.description | Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2018 | en_US |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-136). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | In the past ten years, the Human-Centered Design methodology has exploded--permeating our organizational and academic worlds and becoming one of the most sought-after skills. The user-first mantra has become widely accepted and internalized. Develop empathy! Find users in their natural habitat! Design for their needs, not yours! Despite its vast popularity, I believe there is a great flaw and irony in the way we practice Human-Centered Design today: without the human. Though a human perceives his/her life as a dynamic whole (Gestalt Theory), we reduce him/her to a 'user', a shard of his/her full Self. This thesis explores the foundations of a new methodology, Whole Human Design[superscript TM], that seeks to re-unify the human and equip us to design for users in the context of their whole humanness. To that end, this thesis first seeks a usable definition of the Human and our human needs, by exploring a wide range of philosophical and psychological perspectives-from material/atomistic definitions (like those found in Behaviorism) to Phenomenology-inspired definitions (Existentialism, Humanistic Psychology, Positive Psychology) to Religious perspectives. From there, based on an ethnographic research with 50 individuals, this thesis introduces a design framework, the Periodic Table of Human Elements[superscript TM], a tool to connect functional and latent needs of a user to his/her deeper human roots. Finally, in order to illustrate how this methodology can be practiced, this thesis presents a case study of how Whole Human Design was used to solve a $300B real-world problem, medication adherence. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Alex C. Klein. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 136 pages | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
dc.subject | Engineering and Management Program. | en_US |
dc.subject | System Design and Management Program. | en_US |
dc.title | Whole human design : designing for Humans, not Users | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | S.M. in Engineering and Management | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program | en_US |
dc.identifier.oclc | 1126788226 | en_US |
dc.description.collection | S.M.inEngineeringandManagement Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program | en_US |
dspace.imported | 2019-11-12T17:41:47Z | en_US |
mit.thesis.degree | Master | en_US |
mit.thesis.department | SysDes | en_US |