Behind the success and failure of teams lies team culture. But what exactly is culture? How and why does it contribute to success and failure? In this course, you learn how to recognize aspects of team culture of which most people are typically unaware. It is often these seemingly unimportant aspects that have the greatest effect on the outcomes of group tasks. Your recognition of them enables you to form, join and lead teams more effectively. You also come to appreciate the role of ritual and symbols in the daily operation of teams, as well as in situations of change and crisis. Knowledge of the ideas and information in this class enables you to be a better team player and a more effective team leader.
This course is part of the Culture-Driven Team Building Specialization
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- Team Building
- Cultural Learning
- Leadership
- Organizational Culture
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Course Overview
Why Culture Matters in Organizations
Crossing Cultural Boundaries
Team Rituals and Symbols
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TOP REVIEWS FROM THE POWER OF TEAM CULTURE
It was a really interesting course. And the teacher was brilliant, Mr Greg Urban was splendid when it comes to explain the concepts and he make it easier with vivid examples
This is my first course, but I have to say, I learned so many things from this course. The way professor Greg Urban, taught was marvelous. He made so many concept very easy to understand.
Enjoyed this course. Stimulated my thoughts on how Covid-19 will affect change and culture, both socially and within business teams. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
This was a great class that I highly recommend to anyone that wants understand how culture and ritual
affect and influence teams.
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