Question

Can you explain the 5 stages of Team Development?

Can you explain The Punctuated Equilibrium Model and compare it to the 5 stages of team delevopment?

Answer 1

1. Following are the five stages of team development------

• Forming: This is where team members first meet. It’s important for team leaders to facilitate the introductions and highlight each person’s skills and background. Team members are also given project details and the opportunity to organize their responsibilities.
• Storming: At this stage, team members openly share ideas and use this as an opportunity to stand out and be accepted by their peers. Team leaders help teams in this stage by having a plan in place to manage competition among team members, make communication easier, and make sure projects stay on track.
• Norming: By now, teams have figured out how to work together. There’s no more internal competition, and responsibilities and goals are clear. Each person works more efficiently because he or she has learned how to share their ideas and listen to feedback while working toward a common goal.
• Performing: There’s a high level of cohesion and trust between team members. Teams are functioning at peak efficiency with less oversight from team leaders. Issues still come up, but at this point, teams have strategies for resolving problems without compromising timelines and progress.
• Adjourning: Teams complete their project and debrief on what went well and what could be improved for future projects. Afterwards, team members move on to new projects.

2. Punctuated equilibrium model (PEM) is an important model of organisational change in which change is relatively stable but experiences short bursts of fundamental change. Tuckman’s 5-stage model suggests groups progress through five stages of development which include forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Group evolve through the stages in a sequential fashion with predictable behaviors associated with each stage. Gersick’s model suggests the 5-stage model may be unrealistic. Gersick proposes that groups do not necessarily progress linearly from one step to an predetermined sequence, but alternate between periods of inertia and bursts of energy as work groups develop.