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Forgotten Group Member
Case Study: The Forgotten Group Member
MGMT 591 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Prof. Dr. Barbara Vallera
September 21, 2012

Case Study: The Forgotten Group Member After reading this case study and reviewing our textbook, I have concluded that this group is definitely in the Norming stage of team development. According to our text, " The Norming stage of team development sometimes called initial integration, is the point at which the members really start to come together as a coordinated unit." (pg. 157). This is the stage where things are starting to come together and any bickering that may have been going on has ceased to continue. This team would almost be ready to go into the Performing Stage except for one setback …show more content…
152). This has a lot to do with how the team is meshing together and the team benefit of synergy which is basically putting the team over the individual. When this happens team members can learn from each other and they are more willing to share information that they may have even if it does not pertain to the project at hand. Teams offer people a chance to socialize and interact with one another and be that shoulder to lean or even a listening …show more content…
Ask why he left the group when Sandra came in and why he didn 't want to join them for lunch. You have to know all the members of your team if you are going to be a successful leader. In the beginning she should have stated the goal clearly and then ensured that everyone knew what was expected of them. If she saw that Mike was missing meetings then she needed to pull him off to the side to find out why and if possible work the meetings around Mike 's schedule if that is going to benefit the group as a whole. The whole thing with all the notes would have stopped unless Mike was going to work and couldn 't make the meetings. Maybe Mike gave her the notes to read so he wouldn 't look or sound stupid if the rest of the group thinks his ideas are bad. This poses a thought that maybe Michael never found out how good his ideas really were. Christine said that Mike came up with really good ideas but does he know that maybe he sees them as laughing at him and his stupid ideas which ties right back in to Social
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