My field study about Textile Management (2015-04-07)

I decided to do a field study about textile management and what companies expect from master students of this program. In that matter I plan to interview a few companies. Before I can start my research, I need to define what the study program Textile Management is about.

Textile management is concerned with the development and management of clothing and apparel. This often combines fashion merchandising and design (NC State University, 2011). Textile management approaches all eight steps that are necessary for a textile garment to get to the end-customer. After a period of trend research the designs are made and styles are selected. Marketing activities and the evaluation of production processes and sourcing possibilities take place before the garments are produced and their quality is assured. In a last step the products are distributed to the retailer and can be sold to the customers. (Högskolan i Borås, 2014)

            Moreover, the program teaches several academic competences. Among others, the students learn how to describe and master scientific theoretical concepts and problems, critically review literature and relate it to quantitative and qualitative methods and handle academic writing as a tool in scientific work. Since social research is part of the program, students need to be able to comprehend and use appropriate basic statistical concepts in a quantitative research study, relate frameworks, methods and results to different research areas and consider ethical aspects of research strategy. (Högskolan i Borås, 2014)