Tuckman's Five-Stage Model Of Group Dynamics
Reflect on a team of which you have been a member.
There was an instance where I was a member of a team at my current place of employment and our objective was to create a cookbook for our clients. There were seven members in the group in addition to one supervisor, who was leading the group.
Describe what happened in each stage of the group’s development according to Tuckman’s Five-Stage Model. In the first stage, the forming stage, the leader who was the client care coordinator, explained to us the task at hand to the group members, and . While we are co-workers, we typically do not see each other on a daily basis, so we were getting better acquainted, and because we were not sure exactly what our roles were in this project, all the group members were excite, and had quite a few questions for our supervisor, which she did her best to answer. The second stage, storming, brought some conflict with team members in the form of minor disagreements concerning expectations and specific responsibilities in the project. Redefining of the goals, roles and tasks can help team members get past frustration or …show more content…
A mature group has four distinguishing characteristics: a clear purpose and mission, well-understood norms and standards of conduct, a high level of group cohesion, and a flexible status structure (Nelson, 2013, p. 322). When this group was formed, there was only one final goal; to create a cookbook. Group members were well aware of what their roles were as well as the time line for completion. We worked together to gather the recipes and had regular meetings as to our progress. We were a small group, and a cohesive group, and therefore, there was little or no tension, and high productivity. Status structure is the set of authority and task relations among a group’s members (Nelson, 2013, p. 325). As a group, we knew and understood status structure of leader-follower relationships; therefore, the team was a mature
There was an instance where I was a member of a team at my current place of employment and our objective was to create a cookbook for our clients. There were seven members in the group in addition to one supervisor, who was leading the group.
Describe what happened in each stage of the group’s development according to Tuckman’s Five-Stage Model. In the first stage, the forming stage, the leader who was the client care coordinator, explained to us the task at hand to the group members, and . While we are co-workers, we typically do not see each other on a daily basis, so we were getting better acquainted, and because we were not sure exactly what our roles were in this project, all the group members were excite, and had quite a few questions for our supervisor, which she did her best to answer. The second stage, storming, brought some conflict with team members in the form of minor disagreements concerning expectations and specific responsibilities in the project. Redefining of the goals, roles and tasks can help team members get past frustration or …show more content…
A mature group has four distinguishing characteristics: a clear purpose and mission, well-understood norms and standards of conduct, a high level of group cohesion, and a flexible status structure (Nelson, 2013, p. 322). When this group was formed, there was only one final goal; to create a cookbook. Group members were well aware of what their roles were as well as the time line for completion. We worked together to gather the recipes and had regular meetings as to our progress. We were a small group, and a cohesive group, and therefore, there was little or no tension, and high productivity. Status structure is the set of authority and task relations among a group’s members (Nelson, 2013, p. 325). As a group, we knew and understood status structure of leader-follower relationships; therefore, the team was a mature