Areas of application of the design approach: the practice of social environmental design in the mirror of sociological research

Abstract

The article discusses the project approach, substantiates the practicality and universality of its application in various areas of management practice. The data of the sociological studies carried out by the authors of the features of participatory (involved) design in the educational environment of a general education institution, the urban environment of closed administrative-territorial entities. The possibility of applying the design approach and the concept of participatory (involved) design in various environments is analyzed: intra-organizational, local society. Research methodology: activity approach, systems approach, project approach, guide interviews of experts, mass survey. Results and conclusions: as a result of comparing the data of sociological research, the authors come to the conclusion that the project approach is a flexible tool for identifying and solving various managerial problems of the relationship between subjects and management actors in different environments. Participatory design gives results both at the organizational level (for example, high school) and at the level of urban society (ZATO).