Instructions When preparing for your discussion post on this case, it is recommended that you read through it several times. Read through it the first time to familiarize yourself with the case. On the second reading, consider your assigned role in the situation, and let that guide your perspective. Look deeper at the details: facts, problems, organizational goals, objectives, policies, strategies. Next, consider the concepts, theories, tools and research you need to use to address the issues presented. Then, complete any research, analysis, calculations, or graphing to support your decisions and make recommendations. Background Information The term ‘group dynamics’ refers to the interactions between people who are talking together in a group setting. Group dynamics can be studied in business settings, in volunteer settings, in classroom settings, and in social settings. Any time there are three or more individuals interacting or talking together, there are group dynamics. A great deal can be learned by observation. If one sits back quietly in a group ― any group ― one will begin to see certain behavioral patterns emerge. There will be at least one person who tends to take the lead in conversation, offering his or her thoughts and opinions freely. There will be at least one person who remains quiet, sometimes not even appearing interested in the conversation. There may be someone who tends to interrupt other people, someone who wants the conversation to move along faster, or who wants to focus on a different subject. Another person may be concerned about peoples’ feelings and may try to make everyone feel equally welcome. These are only a few of the roles that people assume without even thinking about it when they are in a group setting. Discussion Prompt Groups are a common arrangement in today’s business environments. Any manager who works with or supervises groups should be familiar with how they develop over time. Perhaps the best-known scheme for a group development was advanced by Bruce Tuckman in 1965. Initially, Tuckman identified four stages of group development, which included the stages of forming, storming, norming, and performing. Later on he added adjourning to his list. Read Bruce Tuckman’s Team Development Model. What did Tuckman mean by those four stages? How do you recognize them when you are working with a group? Finally, can a leader form a successful team without going through those stages? Justify your answer. In your responses to classmates, share what techniques you learned from others’ posts that you may utilize in your own career. Tasks Describe Tuckman’s Team Development Model, including the five stages. Apply the stages in Tuckman’s Team Development Model to working with a group. Justify whether a team can form with or without utilizing Tuckman’s Team Development Model. Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your discussion posts. Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you post it. When you are ready to post, click on the “Create Thread” button for a new thread or “Reply” to respond to a previous post. Then, copy/paste the text from your document into the message field, and click “Submit.”

 

M4D1: Team Building

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Abstract

Groups are a common arrangement in today’s business environments. Any manager who works with or supervises groups should be familiar with how they develop over time. Perhaps the best-known scheme for a group development was advanced by Bruce Tuckman in 1965. Initially, Tuckman identified four stages of group development, which included the stages of forming, storming, norming, and performing. Later on, he added adjourning to his list. Read Bruce Tuckman’s Team Development Model. What did Tuckman mean by those four stages? How do you recognize them when you are working with a group? Finally, can a leader form a successful team without going through those stages? Justify your answer.

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• Describe Tuckman’s Team Development Model, including the five stages.

• Apply the stages in Tuckman’s Team Development Model to working with a group.

• Justify whether a team can form with or without utilizing Tuckman’s Team Development Model.

 

 

 

M4D1: Team Building

In the conceptualization, formation, and functioning of a group, some dynamics come into play. The efficiency of organizational functioning requires effective team building capacity and operations.

According to Tuckman, there are five Team Development Models including forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. The Team Development Models starting with forming part involves uncertainties and confusion trying to define the goals and objectives of the group (Tuckman, 1965). The storming model includes tension and hostility in the disagreement over the priorities to follow in the group as well leadership struggle. The norming model involves a point when the group becomes more acquainted, understanding, and comes to a consensus. Also, the model has already established an authentic leadership that sets the standard set of cooperation. The performing model entails the achievements made in the group of successful performance, diversity, and flexibility of roles among members (Tuckman & Jensen, 1977). Finally, the adjourning model – advanced later – concludes the group through self-evaluation, positive feeling towards the team and leadership, and disengagement.

Additionally, there are five stages in Tuckman’s Team Development Model coinciding with respective entities of the motel. These include the immature stage, fractional group stage, sharing group stage, efficient team, disbanding the group. The steps proceed culminating into the increment of group’s effectiveness over time increasing their productivity.

A team cannot effectively form and function without utilizing Tuckman’s Team Development Model. A team is usually formed out of nowhere to involve members with different and diverse opinions (Abudi, 2010). These members need time to streamline their differences, find common ground, set of standards of operations, and effective leadership. Without getting to understand and tolerate each other, the group is bound to disintegrate even before it gains ground.

 

 

References

Abudi, G. (2010). The Five Stages of Project Team Development. [Online: retrieved 12-11-2013 from www.pmhut.com/the-five-stages-of-project-team-development

Tuckman, B. D. (1965). Bruce Tuckman’s 1965 Forming Storming Norming Performing team-development model.

Tuckman, B. W., & Jensen, M. A. C. (1977). Stages of small-group development revisited. Group & Organization Studies, 2(4), 419-427.