Bruce Tuckman's Four Stages Of Group Development Analysis

In 1965 Bruce Tuckman developed the 4 stages of group development to be successful. Ten years later he implemented an additional 5th step. The five stages are formation, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. He takes these steps and shows you how a group will develop throughout a project. They explain what issues usually arise during any kind of group activity. They also show how situations in healthcare can relate and that you must work together to achieve a shared goal. The first stage of group development is team formation. Formation starts the project it is where partners are able to meet get to know each other and put together their ideas for the project at hand. This step is said to prevent the most work from getting done since members of the group are still forming their opinions of one another, trying to get a sense of who they are. In this stage group members usually do not create much controversy; this could be due to the desire to be accepted by members of the group. In this stage the project is outlined and people set their roles within the group while a leader is also defined within the group. (Stages of Group Development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing & Adjourning).
Stage 2 of group development is storming. In this stage you start to see conflict arise do to the differences in learning and personalities of each group member. In this stage many teams begin to fail (“Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing” 2015). This is where there can be a breakdown of interdisciplinary teamwork. Since many of the people can be coming from different backgrounds and have different views. The members on a healthcare team should have the same qualifications skills and views (“Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams,”