디자인 경영은 현대 기업의 가장 중요한 생존 전략으로 자리매김하고 있다. 이에 따라 디자인 경영을 수행하는 역량에 대한 관심도 높아지고 있는데, 디자인 경영역량은 디자인 경영을 실행하는 데 필요한 직무상 준거를 우수하고 효과적으로 수행할 수 있는 기업조직의 내재적 특성이라 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 디자인 경영역량이 기업을 둘러싼 경영환경에 따라 다를 수 있을 것이라는 데 착안하여 기업 규모, 연간 매출액, 제조업 여부와 같은 기업 특성에 따라 디자인 경영역량의 차이를 통계적 방법으로 검증하는데 목적을 두었다. 본 연구 목적 달성을 위해 전국의 247개사를 대상으로 설문지법에 따라 자료를 수집하여 기업 특성에 따른 디자인 경영역량의 차이를 독립표본 t-검증을 통해 분석한 결과 기업 규모는 근로자가 1,000인 이상인 기업이 1,000인 미만인 기업보다 디자인 경영역량의 하위요인인 기본기술요인, 특성화기술요인, 혁신기술요인의 평균이 유의수준 .05에서 높은 것으로 나타났다. 제3자참여요인의 평균은 1,000인 미만인 기업이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 연간총매출액의 경우에는 52억원 이상인 기업이 52억 원 미만인 기업보다 기본기술요인, 특성화기술요인, 혁신기술요인의 평균이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 제3자참여요인의 평균은 52억 원 미만인 기업이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 제조업 여부의 경우에는 제조업인 기업이 기본기술요인, 특성화기술요인, 제3자참여요인, 조직적변경요인, 혁신기술요인의 평균이 모두 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석 결과에 기초해 본 연구는 기업 규모, 연간총매출액, 제조업 여부에 따라 디자인 경영역량을 효과적으로 구축하기 위한 3가지 방안을 제시하였다.
Design management which has served as key driver for positive corporate performance is taking root as the most important survival technology for corporations in contemporary society. As a result, there has been a heightening interest in capability for design management. Design management capability may represent intrinsic characteristics of corporation organizations capable of carrying out works with excellence and effectiveness in conformity with occupational standards for the performance of design management. This study was intended to verify the difference in design management capability based on characteristics of corporations such as scale, annual sales of corporation, involvement in manufacturing business, through statistical means, considering that design management capability might vary, depending on business environment surrounding the corporations. To achieve the objective of this study, we collected data based on survey of 247 companies nationwide and performed independent sample t-test to analyze the difference in design management capability which varied depending on characteristics of corporations. In relation to the scale of corporations, corporation hiring 1,000 or more employees were found to show higher mean scores on basic technology factor, specialization technology factor, and innovative technology factor which were sub-factors of design management capability at a significance level of .05, compared to corporations hiring less than 1,000 employees. In the meantime, average mean score on third-party involvement factor was higher in corporations hiring less than 1,000 employees. For annual sales, corporations which registered KRW 5.2 billion or more in annual sales showed high means scores on basic technology factor, specialization technology factor, and innovative technology factor compared to corporations that posted less than KRW 5.2 billion in annual sales. Meanwhile, corporations that recorded annual sales below KRW 5.2 billion showed high mean score on third-party involvement factor. For involvement in manufacturing business, corporations which were engaged in manufacturing showed high means scores on basic technology factor, specialization technology factor, third-party involvement factor, organizational change factor, and innovative technology factor. For specialization/non-specialization, corporations which were engaged in manufacturing showed high mean scores on basic technology factor, specialization technology factor, third-party involvement factor, organizational change factor, and innovative technology factor. Based on aforesaid results, this study presented 3 measures for effectively leveraging the design management capability, depending on the scale and annual sales of corporations, and involvement in manufacturing business.