Hynes Posted Date: September 24, 2017 7:12 PMStatus:Published
First and foremost, thank you for your service. Additionally, your discussion board post was very educational. I would like to further examine the storming stage of Tuckman's Stages of Group Development. Our textbook states the following about the storming phase of Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development, “ Individuals test the leader's policies and assumptions as they determine how they fit into the power structure” (Kinicki & Fugate, 2016, p. 265). At this stage, it is imperative for group leaders to maintain control of the group.
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During the storming phase is where the group members will experience conflict over process or progress. It is the responsibility of group leaders to maintain a positive climate for the group to flourish. When confrontation arises leadership should not shy away, and maintain a positive environment, “There is confrontation from the team leader and team members isolate themselves from the activities of the team” (Ryan, 2014, p. 52). Additionally, group leadership should be fair and impartial as the team develops. Leaders, should weigh facts versus opinions. You may find within a group dynamics that group leadership often sides with extraverts more than introverts. Leaders should weigh argument over progress or process based on efficiency and not individual linkings or relationships of group members. When there is and bias within group dynamics there is a
Remember the Titans movie presents an opportunity to look at the development stages of leadership over the course of a season. The movie takes place at a high school in Virginia in 1971. The school replaces its current Caucasian football coach – Bill Yoast with an African American coach – Herman Boone. Herman Boone as the head coach and Bill Yoast as the assistant coach form a successful football team through struggles and racial issues between team members and the people of the town they lived in.
Group development can be defined as a group of people work together. Group members are interdependent. In other words, they build as a team to accomplish goals. Again, it is known as team building. It is frameworks to recognize behavioral patterns of team and understand causes of changes. Furthermore, group development helps team to increase productivity. There are six different stages of group development such as formation of group, initial stage, transition stage, working stage, final stage and follow-up stage.
Knowing and understanding the five stages of group development is extremely important. The first step is called Forming. Forming is when the group first meet up and is getting to know each other. During the forming stage members usually introduce themselves and give a brief introduction about their likes dislikes and interest. The members usually discuss what role each person will perform, by now the group should have a group leader who should be in attendance making sure the meeting is running smoothly. The second stage is called storming, storming is when the group comes together and bring their ideas to the table. Most groups don't get passed this stage because there tend to be arguments when it comes to deciding which direction the group
In a previous class, we learned about a theory on group dynamics called the Tuckman stages. This theory states that in order for a team to effectively produce at its highest potential, there are four phases that are indispensable and unavoidable. Without giving attention to these phases, Tuckman believed that most teams would concentrate almost solely on content and virtually ignore the process, explaining why outwardly strong teams produce underwhelming results. Summarizing these four phases, Tuckman named them forming, storming, norming and performing. While reflecting on the dynamic for my most recent group collaboration project for this class, it is helpful to consider the Tuckman phrases and whether or not they were
I still remember the time I was chosen to lead the public relations team at one of the student activities back when I was in college, an experience that shaped a lot of the person I am today. I had to establish and maintain good relations with all stakeholders and media, prepare newsfeed updates for all social media platforms, and above all manage a team of 20 members. I spent a lot of time thinking that I am now donning the shoes of my seniors and becoming the person that freshers would look up to. Being an influential leader is not easy, I was sure, and it is more than just telling others what to do. In the following few lines, I employ Tuckman's stages of group development: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing to outline my journey
Our group experience aligns with Bruce W Tuckman’s group development cycles. Tuckman’s first stage to group development is the forming stage, which members act cautiously with each other in order to understand the group's goal. Since group members were assigned at random, all members put in the effort to be cordial with each other. In the beginning, our group's climate was spontaneous. We had little to none primary tension as everyone was positive and encouraged each other to share their ideas for a product. When members were shy to put input in group decisions, I made sure to ask them for their opinion. For example, I noticed that I was contributing a lot of my ideas for possible products but group member Tony had yet to comment on his ideas.
Following the forming stage is the storming stage. Throughout this stage, a high level of conflict occurred within the team. There were frustrations between team members during their meetings, as well as confusion regarding each
One concept they subscribe to within both large and small group dynamics is conflict is not avoidable. If fact they subscribe to the theory that Conflict is not avoidable, but if managed correctly can fortify stronger relations, propagate unity and heighten performance. The common concept of group dynamic taught surrounds the phases of Forming-Storming-Norming-Performing with focus on moving the group from the storming phase to the performing phase. However, the success of the group is dependent on how the leader manages the conflict during the storming
As the team begins to work together, they move into the “storming” stage. This stage CANNOT be avoided. Team members may challenge each other and also the team leader, and how things should be done. While differences surface, this may cause some loss of performance or focus on the task
The Tuckman’s stages of team development (Levi, 2007) will be used as lens to evaluate the work of the group presentation. The Tuckman’s stages of team development consist of five stages of forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning (Levi, 2007). In the forming stage we tend to know each other and figure out how we are going to run the presentation. At this stage, there was discomfort due to unfamiliarity together with confusion on how we will function together. The solution for that case was, everyone had each member contact detail, had a clear ground rules, as well as planned how we will accomplish our tasks. In addition, we also experienced the storming and norming stage. Levi (2007) says that the in the storming phase there are often
The genesis and growth of a group always goes through five stages: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. Forming is always the first stage, where the group members meet for the first time and roles as well as structure and purpose are not firmly established. This stage closes when the individuals label themselves as a group. Appropriately named, the storming stage is defined by intragroup conflict in the areas of limited autonomy and leadership, and is a critical in group development. The resolution of this stage comes with a visible leader along with rankings of group members. After the dust has settled, the norming stage begins with development of cohesiveness, close relationships, and ends
The most uncomfortable phase is undeniably the 'storming' phase in which "members vie for leadership position as they attempt to establish themselves in relation to other team members and the leader, who might receive
The Tuckman Model of Group Development has 5 stages: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Adjourning (Maples, 2008). During the first session of MOP, everyone was tasked with forming their own small project team. The very first class workshop activity involved meeting two new people and introducing one of them to the entire class. The aim of the activity was to indirectly assess who we would want to be in a team with, based on our perceptions of a person’s behaviour, values, and work ethic. Most people would want to be in a team with people similar to them on a surface level (age, gender, ethnicity) and on a deeper level (personality, attitudes, believes, values) (Liang, Shih, & Chiang, 2015). We were free to choose whoever we wanted in our team under the condition that the team we form is diverse.
According to “Small group Communication” in Communication Pathways, there are two models of group development: Phase Theory and the Tuckman Model. The Phase Theory of Group Development was built by several scholars and their findings. In this model, there are four phases that a group will naturally go through: orientation, conflict, emergence, reinforcement. The Tuckman Model of Group Development is based on five different stages, rather than four, and it allows for groups to potentially skip a stage and still accomplish their goal or task. These stages include forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. During the development of our group, I feel as if my group fell more along the lines of Phase Theory rather than the Tuckman
First and foremost, thank you for your service. Additionally, your discussion board post was very educational. I would like to further examine the storming stage of Tuckman's Stages of Group Development. Our textbook states the following about the storming phase of Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development, “ Individuals test the leader's policies and assumptions as they determine how they fit into the power structure” (Kinicki & Fugate, 2016, p. 265). At this stage, it is imperative for group leaders to maintain control of the group.