Earth Buddies: The Five Stage Model
ANALYSIS
The five partners i.e. Rabie, Harary, Varadi, Michelle and Austin form what we call a team. A team is “a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common objective and are accountable to one another.” This common purpose was to make ‘Earth Buddies’ and the company a success.
The Five-Stage Model can be used to describe the standard sequence of stages that groups go through. These are forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. However, for the five partners, performing will be the last stage for development as it is a permanent workgroup. Once these stages are achieved, the team learns to resolve conflicts and develop norms which enable them to perform. Because of the team’s ability to resolve
The five partners i.e. Rabie, Harary, Varadi, Michelle and Austin form what we call a team. A team is “a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common objective and are accountable to one another.” This common purpose was to make ‘Earth Buddies’ and the company a success.
The Five-Stage Model can be used to describe the standard sequence of stages that groups go through. These are forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. However, for the five partners, performing will be the last stage for development as it is a permanent workgroup. Once these stages are achieved, the team learns to resolve conflicts and develop norms which enable them to perform. Because of the team’s ability to resolve