Group Formation

Group can be defined as collection of individuals who have regular contacts and frequent interactions, mutual influence, common feeling of camaraderie and who works together to achieve a common set of goals for social and economic benefits. There are five stages of group formation and this stages explains step by step on how the groups are formed from scratch. The five stages are forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. The five stages were developed by Tuckman and Jensen based on theory of group formations. Tuckman and Jensen developed this theory during a movement, known as group dynamics and states that no matter what the variant of formation each group exhibits, these stages need to experience six sequential stages of development for an efficient group formation. First and foremost, group formation need to undergo ‘forming’ stage. In this stage, members are usually polite, positive and upbeat with maybe contrasting feelings, such as anxiety and excitement. Furthermore, the process begins when the members gather together and undergo several activities such as opening meeting, facility orientation session, and informal discussions. In this group, as a leader, the group’s objectives, roles and responsibilities are established clearly to the team members. Usually, time span for this stage is short and members might getting to know each other and on how the members will work together. Hence, this stage forms an atmosphere of safety and acceptance, avoiding controversy, is filled with guidance and direction from the project team manager. For the stage to be executed efficiently, activities like Believe it or Knot and commonalities need to be carried out, where this activity includes disclosure of personal information of each member voluntarily depending on the group settings and its purpose. Next, the second stage of group formation, ‘storming’, undoubtedly is the most significant because this is the stage where many group fails to move on and