A study on effective design management methods in newly established welfare offices

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350023
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Toyo University
• Principal Investigator: Ikeda Chitose 東洋大学, ライフデザイン学部, 准教授 (40434063)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 授産品開発手法 / デザインマネジメント / 障害者就労継続支援B型事業所 / 障害者就労移行支援事業所

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently there has been an increasing need for Type B Continuous Vocational Aid Centers (VACs) and, as such, we have conducted interviews at 26 sites in Hokkaido and Okinawa prefecture. Then we tried design support project for VAC.
In addition, for the 10 prefectures representing regions with large numbers of newly established offices, we selected 1,000 offices and conducted questionnaires survey about their products, organizations and problems. As a result, we found that product design management methods, the nature of the required aid, and associated problems differed among offices depending on the office size and period of their operation.
Furthermore, for those Employment Transfer Support Centers (ETSCs) with strong ties to Type B Continuous VACs, we visited seven locations where we conducted interviews and made observations by accompanying vocational aid personnel. From the results, we have determined six primary factors for the success of ETSCs.

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