Tuckman's Stages Of Development Model
Teams are defined as formal work groups consisting of two or more people who interact and influence each other, and work together to achieve a common group goal (McShane, Olekalns & Travaglione, 2013), yet a when comprised of a collection of people who work together, but do not collectively work towards the same goal, this is referred to as a group (De Janasz, Wood, Gottschalk, Dowd & Schnieder, 2009). These definitions show that there are certain aspects that differentiate a group of people from a team, and that to be effective; teams need to have a common goal and have committed and satisfied members (McShane et al., 2013). When analysing the process of working in our group, it is clear that there may be certain aspects that set us apart
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In the initial team formation, myself, Elly, Steph B and Olivia were happy to work in a team together, and it was not until the next week that Steph P was assigned to our team. According to De Janasz et al. (2009), team members must resolve several issues and pass through several stages of development before evolving into an effective work unit. Tuckman’s Stages of Development Model (1965) captures teams moving systematically from one stage to the next, over four stages. The four stages are forming, storming, norming and performing (Tuckman and Jensen [1977] later added another stage adjourning, referring to the disbanding of the …show more content…
With herself, Olivia and Steph B all falling into the Implementer role, perhaps she felt stuck in the storming stage between these team members and therefore could not comfortably fall into her role as the resource investigator. Hall (2007) proposes that unless a team satisfactorily progresses through the forming and storming stages, some or all agreed-on norms may be dysfunctional and emotionally charged issues will remain on the surface. It’s not to say that I think we weren’t able to work as a team, because in fact I believe that four members, Elly, Steph B, Olivia and I, went through all our stages of development to comfortably perform together as a team, yet Steph P never became a part of
In the initial team formation, myself, Elly, Steph B and Olivia were happy to work in a team together, and it was not until the next week that Steph P was assigned to our team. According to De Janasz et al. (2009), team members must resolve several issues and pass through several stages of development before evolving into an effective work unit. Tuckman’s Stages of Development Model (1965) captures teams moving systematically from one stage to the next, over four stages. The four stages are forming, storming, norming and performing (Tuckman and Jensen [1977] later added another stage adjourning, referring to the disbanding of the …show more content…
With herself, Olivia and Steph B all falling into the Implementer role, perhaps she felt stuck in the storming stage between these team members and therefore could not comfortably fall into her role as the resource investigator. Hall (2007) proposes that unless a team satisfactorily progresses through the forming and storming stages, some or all agreed-on norms may be dysfunctional and emotionally charged issues will remain on the surface. It’s not to say that I think we weren’t able to work as a team, because in fact I believe that four members, Elly, Steph B, Olivia and I, went through all our stages of development to comfortably perform together as a team, yet Steph P never became a part of