디자인전문회사의 융합적 디자인매니지먼트에 대한 의식 연구

The expanding collaboration between design consultants and other field of business allows specialized design companies to overcome the design limit, to achieve a creative and unique outcomes. In addition, the widening spectrum of collaboration will make it possible to bring about a more active and challenging progress in its activities. In spite of the growing importance of the integrated collaboration between design firms and different organizations, relatively very few studies have been devoted to this direction, especially, there is no research available in association with the consciousness of the integrated design management in standpoint of a person in charge of said collaboration. In this regards, this study aims to investigate the consciousness of the designers in the design consultants, seek for ways of collaboration between design consultants and other field of business. As methods of study, Q-methodology was used - this method is systematic and scientific means for analysis and understanding of consciousness of particular objects. 33 Q samples were classified by 39 design consultants' designers who have experiences of integrated collaboration. And the Principal Component Analysis was executed through QUANL PC program. As the results of the analyses, four distinct types were discovered: the 1st type is 'focusing on idea reconciliation'; the 2nd type is 'focusing on integration system build-up'; the 3rd type is 'focusing on pursuit of integration continuity'; the 4th type is 'focusing on integrated business process', and each type has shown significant features.