Theories of Team Development | Report

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Theories of team development.............................................................................................3
Tuckman Model...............................................................................................................3
Maslow Hierarchy of Need..............................................................................................5
Solution to the problem within the team..............................................................................6
Motivation steps for Jonathan..............................................................................................8
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................11
References..........................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The following report deals with a complicated IT project which is being used in large
public sector organization. The team members of this project are failing to have some of the vital
activities in the project critical path. All the required targets are being missed and an individual
does not have the ability to get the team in order to get the work done (Jovanović et al. 2016).
The project has been delayed to a large extent as a result of lack of cooperation among team
members. In addition, some of the important team members are not performing up to the mark.
Recently, Jonathan who is 30 years old computer programmer has been hired to get back the
project on track. Jonathan is very much good at overcoming technical problem but is facing
issues to work with other team members (Cardno and Tetzlaff 2017). His performance with
respect to writing codes has decreased to a large extent in last few days. Team members have
complained regarding the aggressive and obsessive behavior along with untidiness and poor
timekeeping. In addition, there were complain against him like eating huge quantities of pizza
and other kinds of food item on desk (Bishop 2016). It seems like “Jonathan” is lacking any kind
of motivation in the work. Teamwork can be defined as the best way for getting the things done
completely.
In the coming pages of the report, a list of appropriate theories has been used for team
development. An explanation has been provided regarding the lack of performance in the team.
A list of the creative solution has been provided with respect to this particular issue. The next
section deals with the list steps needed for motivating Jonathan. Appropriate theory and example
are used for suggesting the right way by which Jonathan can be motivated. In this report, two of
the popular theory of team building has been discussed like Tuckman Model and Abraham
Maslow Hierarchy of Need theory.

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Theories of team development
Tuckman Model
In the year 1965, Tuckman model has been developed which is one of the team
development theories. This has been completely formed on the basis of many theories and ideas
regarding conception. Tuckman highlights the way in team tackles a task right from the
beginning stage of team formation to the project completion (Jones 2019). Later on, a new phase
was added known as adjourning and transforming over the finished task. This particular theory is
relevant to team building challenges due to the stage needed for completing the given task by
team.
One of the successful aspects for team building is that it comprises with minimum time
interval of time (Shih et al. 2019). The point should be noted that the team come up with an
opportunity to look into the behavior in the given time frame. In most of the cases, team
members are involved in some project work which last more than months (Zhen 2017). It is very
much difficult to analyze experience with respected to complete task. Tuckman model comprises
four stages like Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing.
Forming: In this, there is much higher dependence on leader needed for guidance and
direction. There is little agreement with the team members who aim to receive from different
leaders (Owoseni et al. 2017). All team members of this IT project need roles and
responsibilities in clear way. Leader need to prepare themselves with respect to team purpose,
relationship and objectives.
Decision: Team members are positioned in such way that they can attempt for
establishing themselves in relationships to other team members. Leader may receive challenges