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- About the certificate
- Certificate requirements
- Course schedule and tuition
- Program video
- Meet our students
- What you will learn
- Certificate courses
- Meet the faculty
- Related careers
About the Online Team Culture and Collaboration Certificate
Today’s workplaces are characterized by high levels of diversity. Organizational leaders who can effectively manage interpersonal relationships within complex and varied team structures are in high demand across all professional environments. The Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration at Penn LPS Online is designed to develop your understanding of how teams, corporations, and other organizations develop and reinforce culture, and how to apply this research to create stronger functioning groups.
Beginning with an anthropological approach to team culture, you explore different theories of how culture forms and evolves in organizations and why it matters for performance. You learn strategies for influencing change in an increasingly digital workplace and getting alignment at the conversational level based on research into best practices in communication.
Team Culture and Collaboration Certificate Requirements
- The Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration is a 4-course, 4 c.u.* credit program of study taught by University of Pennsylvania faculty.
- To earn a certificate, students complete any four courses offered, in any order. See courses below.
Flexible Course Schedule and Tuition
Penn LPS Online courses in the Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration are offered on an accelerated (8-week) schedule. Courses in the online certificate program are largely asynchronous with some optional synchronous sessions to be scheduled by the instructors. All Penn LPS Online courses are taught at the undergraduate level by Penn instructors.
You have the option to enroll in individual team culture and collaboration courses without committing to the entire online certificate, enjoying the flexibility and expertise offered by Penn LPS Online to suit your schedule and interests. Visit the Cost of Attendance page for course tuition and fee rates.
Video
Watch a video to get an overview of the Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration from Instructor Marshall B. Knudson.
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Meet our students
Erica Adhikary
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania ’25; Concentration in Organizational Studies
As mother of two, Erica wasn’t sure there was a path for her to finish college. Graduating with a 4.0 and getting accepted to law school were beyond her wildest dreams. Read Erica’s story >
Michele Spilberg Hart
Certificate in Organizational Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania ‘22
Learn why successful marketing director Michele Hart returned to school to earn the Penn LPS Online Certificate in Organizational Anthropology—and understand the workplace insights it gave her. Read Michele’s story >
The Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration prepares you to:
- Understand current anthropological research on team, corporate, and organizational culture
- Explore the effects that modern corporations have on their surrounding environments, with attention to local, regional, national, and global effects
- Develop an understanding of theories of organizational culture, and how to apply those theories in specific professional and organizational contexts
- Examine underlying social and cultural influences on diverse teams, and learn how to apply theory to foster diversity and create inclusive cultures
- Identify the variables that underlie communication in virtual, internet-mediated spaces, and apply social science research to create strong collaborative professional relationships, even when working remotely
Online Team Culture and Collaboration Courses
Students must complete all four online courses listed below to earn a Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration.
- ORGC 1600: Introduction to Team Culture
- ORGC 2010: Virtual Collaboration
- ORGC 3010: Anthropology of Organizations
- ORGC 3300: Building Influence Across Cultural Boundaries in Organizations
Courses are subject to change.
Meet the Faculty
- Affiliated Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration
- Senior Director of Program Design and Delivery, Arts and Sciences Online Learning
Careers related to Team Culture and Collaboration
The Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration is designed to build upon your education and enhance your professional expertise in a wide variety of career environments including:
- Research associate–qualitative research
- Management consultant
- Project manager
- Human resource manager
*Academic credit is defined by the University of Pennsylvania as a course unit (c.u.). A course unit (c.u.) is a general measure of academic work over a period of time, typically a term (semester or summer). A c.u. (or a fraction of a c.u.) represents different types of academic work across different types of academic programs and is the basic unit of progress toward a degree. One c.u. is usually converted to a four-semester-hour course.
