The Forgotten Group Member Case Study The case of the Forgotten Group Member is an excellent example of the complexities and interpersonal dynamics involved in working in a group environment. The text indicates that there are five stages to the team development process; adjourning‚ forming‚ storming‚ performing‚ and norming. (Schermerhorn 166) To summarize briefly‚ the case study involved a group of students in an Organization Behavior class assigned to analyze a seven-page situation and
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Case Study: The Forgotten Group Member Part 1: Group Development The group is in the norming stage. This stage is when the members are beginning to come together as a team. Christine job as a lead and support her group and to ensure that they have a basic understanding of the five stages of team development. Christine should have explained how important it is to attend all meetings and how each member should contribute as much as possible. Since Mike appears to have disunity with the team; Christine
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Case 9 The Forgotten Group Member 1. Christine’s leadership abilities could benefit by having knowledge of the stages of group development. Specific to her situation‚ it seems that aside from the very first group meeting‚ Mike was not present for the forming stage of the group. As a result‚ questions such as "What can the group offer me?"‚ "Can my needs be met and still contribute to the group"‚ and other discovery inquiries did not get answered for Mike so he has not felt part of the team
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Assignment: The Forgotten Group Member (Schermerhorn 2012‚ p. W-113) Part I: Group Development According to Schermerhorn (2012‚ page 147)‚ "A team is a group of people holding themselves collectively accountable for using complementary skills to achieve a common purpose." The stages of team or group development as defined by Tuckman (Schermerhorn 2012‚ p. 156) are forming‚ storming‚ norming‚ performing and adjourning. Depending on the current stage of group development‚ leaders and members can face
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How could an understanding of the stages of group development assist Christine in leadership situations such as this one? Christine’s leadership abilities could benefit by having knowledge of the stages of group development. Even though for the first meeting Mike was not able to be present and participate with the other group members. As a leader‚ Christine could have motivated Mike should have told him the importance of being present for all the group meetings so he can be part of the team. For
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forming stage‚ Christine and her team members didn’t know each other well. - She didn’t assign the work to her team members and set a deadline to each of team so that the work can be done in a specific time. - Mike always didn’t turn up to the meeting and contribute his idea even though he has creative idea. Causes of conflicts: - Christine as the team coordinator didn’t assign work to her team members . - Even Christine didn’t know her group members well‚ she didn’t take any action to improve
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| The Forgotten Team Member | Case Study Analysis | Amy Heuston 9/21/2012 MGMT 591- Leadership and Organizational BehaviorProfessor Plumley | The Forgotten Team member is a excellent example of team development as well as developing leadership skills. Christine is faced with a group member Mike whose personality fits well with the teams but because of time commitments‚ does not feel included in the overall team atmosphere. This causes him to not contribute as much‚ which was not beneficial
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Week 3 Case Study The Forgotten Group Member 1. How could an understanding of the stages of group development assist Christine in leadership situations such as this one? Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing Understanding the stages of group development could assist Christine by giving her a proven method to follow and a set of rules in order to set the team up for success from the very beginning. Particularly in the forming stage‚ she would know how to direct the team meetings and
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THE FORGOTTEN GROUP MEMBER CASE ANALYSIS Description: Christine’s group for her Organizational Behavior course appears to be working well together except for Mike who has missed most of the team’s meetings and has made only limited contributions to the project. Diagnosis: Norms are not explicitly specified within the group. Procedural conflicts aroused from a mixture of personalities traits causing one of the individuals to feel excluded for the rest of the group. The leadership and task structure
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for addressing specific leader behaviors expected to contribute to organizational or unit effectiveness. This theory argues that the leader’s main job is to see that whatever is necessary to group needs is taken care of; thus‚ a leader can be said to have done their job well when they have contributed to group effectiveness and cohesion (Fleishman et al.‚ 1991; Hackman & Wageman‚ 2005; Hackman & Walton‚ 1986). While functional leadership theory has most often been applied to team leadership
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