The Forgotten Group Member
The Forgotten Group Member
Darrin Chatman dachatman08@yahoo.com GM591-Leadership and Organizational Behavior
November 13, 2011
Professor Jack Murphy
The Forgotten Group Member
Part I: Group Development The group is in the performing stage of their class project in Organizational Behavior. Moreover, the team can be characterized as an immature team due to team loyalty, cohesion, communications, and use of member’s resources. On the other hand, Christine could have addressed the stages of team development at the beginning of the creation of the group. Furthermore, she could have incorporated the stages during each week of the course. For example, as the “Team Coordinator,” Christine should have begun with forming the group to get to know one another whereby storming to define the groups tasks. Nonetheless, the stage of norming would have contributed to completing the performing stage with minimal conflict.
Part II: Problem Identification My opinion the primary problem is the lack of communication within the group. Christine made a suggestion on what time to meet to discuss the project and an agreement was never made. Also, every time she suggested a team meeting there were roadblocks due to other member’s commitment to work and other personal conflicts. Furthermore, the secondary problem within the group is loyalty and cohesion. The group could never perform on the same accord which caused a lack of cohesion. On the other hand, the group lost loyalty when they were having an unannounced meeting in which Mike thought was a secret meeting. Moreover, that meeting compromised the loyalty of the team. However, Christine should have researched the stages of team development in order to understand individual membership within a team. Also, she should have read in her OB text about the foundations of “Team Performance.” The main part creating a foundation is the listening to the team inputs such as resources, technology, abilities, values, and
Darrin Chatman dachatman08@yahoo.com GM591-Leadership and Organizational Behavior
November 13, 2011
Professor Jack Murphy
The Forgotten Group Member
Part I: Group Development The group is in the performing stage of their class project in Organizational Behavior. Moreover, the team can be characterized as an immature team due to team loyalty, cohesion, communications, and use of member’s resources. On the other hand, Christine could have addressed the stages of team development at the beginning of the creation of the group. Furthermore, she could have incorporated the stages during each week of the course. For example, as the “Team Coordinator,” Christine should have begun with forming the group to get to know one another whereby storming to define the groups tasks. Nonetheless, the stage of norming would have contributed to completing the performing stage with minimal conflict.
Part II: Problem Identification My opinion the primary problem is the lack of communication within the group. Christine made a suggestion on what time to meet to discuss the project and an agreement was never made. Also, every time she suggested a team meeting there were roadblocks due to other member’s commitment to work and other personal conflicts. Furthermore, the secondary problem within the group is loyalty and cohesion. The group could never perform on the same accord which caused a lack of cohesion. On the other hand, the group lost loyalty when they were having an unannounced meeting in which Mike thought was a secret meeting. Moreover, that meeting compromised the loyalty of the team. However, Christine should have researched the stages of team development in order to understand individual membership within a team. Also, she should have read in her OB text about the foundations of “Team Performance.” The main part creating a foundation is the listening to the team inputs such as resources, technology, abilities, values, and
References: Hunt, J. G., Osborn, R. N., Schermergorn, J. R., & Uhl-Bien, M. (2010). Organizational Behavior. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.