An Analysis of Group Development Theories for Google's Management

This report critically reviews group development theories, focusing on their application within Google. It begins with an introduction to group development and its significance in organizational success, particularly within a tech giant like Google. The core of the report analyzes two key theories: Tuckman & Jackson's theory of group development stages (forming, storming, norming, performing) and Belbin's team role model, which emphasizes behavioral and interpersonal leadership styles. The report provides a critical evaluation of both theories, discussing their strengths and weaknesses in the context of Google's operations. It examines how Google can leverage these theories to enhance team building, improve leadership, and achieve its targets. The analysis includes a discussion of leadership styles and their impact on team dynamics. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and suggesting how Google can optimize its group development strategies to maintain its competitive edge in the internet and technology industry.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................3
Critical review of relevant management theory...............................................................................3
Analytic discussion of Tuckman & Jackson theory and Belbin's role model theory.......................5
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
A collection of persons or individuals who work together and coordinates each other to achieve the
target of any team or organisation terms as the group. To develop this group, an activity activates
calls as group development. This report is on the basis of group development stages of a 'Google'
industry. Google is the popular internet, computer software and computer hardware industry
specialises in internet services involves providing facilities of online advertising technologies,
searching for any idea or technique and also software as well as hardware products. Millions in
quantity of customers are gaining its services and provides employment at large scale. This report is
able to understand various aspects of group development stages with referencing some theories as
Tuckman & Jensen theory and Belbin team roles theories. We will determine the critical evaluation
of both theories and a great understanding idea to implement group in Google organisation. Both
theories are related to leadership styles focuses on the initiative of the leader of internet service
provider same as computer hardware and software to meet the target.
Critical review of relevant management theory
According to Caspin and et.al. (2013), management theories plays a great role to accomplish
targets and increase productivity as well as the efficiency of the organisation. It implements
planning strategies and builds a strong team spirit in all team workers to perform their and best
coordination to reach the aims. There are several kinds of group development theories to develop
organisation and getting its aims. Analysing of both Tuckman & Jenson theory and Belbin theory in
the industry have different forms to team working development. Both theories have different
leadership style to achieve the target. Tuckman & Jackson theory focuses on leadership in period
terms same as to management functions from planning to evaluation of group development stages.
While Belbin role model, theory is related to the leadership style of improving each and every
individual performance to gain target in an effective manner as possible.
Tuckman & Jenson Theory
Dr Bruce Tuckman expresses theory; the theory is about to develop team's ability and establishes
relationship and changes leadership styles. It expresses group development process in stages as
starting with directing, participation of team members and performing their abilities.
Firstly, leader of group or team determines objects and prepared with so many questions includes
the manner to achieve the targets and style of leadership to be performed in the team. Therefore,
firm's leader prepares a framework to make the relationship between team and manner to reach out
the targets.
After forming, leader of internet industry analyses challenges and uncertainty that might
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occur during actions of planning. Team members and its leader clarifies all kinds of things included
in activities as well as focuses on emotional issues and tries to solve out them.
The stage of norming involves clear acceptance of roles and responsibilities of team leaders and
members, their working styles similar to concentrates on methods to be included in activity plans. It
analysis on the manner of togetherness and coordinating functions of all participants (Senge, P.,
2014).
Lastly, group development Tuckman & Jackson theory of determines the performance of members
and team relationships to make the effective and efficient environment to meet goals. Therefore,
goals seem to be near and great performance would be useful to accomplish the task.
As per the viewpoint of Chhokar, J and et.al. (2013), applying Tuckman & Jackson theory,
company predict easy and convenient understanding of the manner of group development through
the systematic process. It is helpful in training people for working in the group with great
coordination of all members. Moreover, it also improves human efficiency and generates an idea to
accomplish targets and objectives. The theory is supportive for all participants to establish an
understanding relationship to solve out any issues and conflicts occurs during work performance. It
considers as a great tool to planning and following functions to gain task. This theory is beneficial
to conduct a critical evaluation of the performance of all members including team leader of the
entity in an analytical form.
On the contrary, Clark, T and Gilbert, P. (2014), claimed that it is based on subjective
models opposed to objective. It delivers imperfect guidance on structural framework seems to
regulate and following all activities. Because of differences in member's encouragement and
exciting power, some coordinated in an effective manner while some play their roles in a negative
way therefore conflicts and misunderstanding issues arises. Theory indicates cyclic process so to
follow all steps step by step considers as a tough task to reach the last stage and accomplish the task
in a constant manner. All group stages are designed to express in the small group but for Google as
wide spread organisation of USA looks unable to proceed process.
Belbin team roles theory
The author expresses as Cummings, T and Worley, C., (2014), applying Belbin team roles theory,
the industry remains able to create a balanced environment of the team. It aims to aware all team
members towards their roles and responsibilities. Team leader and its members improve their
performance and strength of Internet industry realise to meet the target. Belbin's team roles are
based on behaviour and interpersonal styles of leadership. Team roles are of various kinds under
this leadership style technique in various orientations.
Action oriented roles of the model involve several actions of members as the shaper, implementer
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and complete finisher. The behaviour and attitude of members towards work performance consists
in it. The shaper is those action oriented who plays the great role in team building and encourages
other members for better performance. As similar, implementers are action-oriented people who are
typically conservative and performs in disciplined systematic way to organise the team in an
effective manner. While, complete finisher are members who view task as finished completely and
pushes the team to finish the work in time.
People oriented roles include roles of coordinator, team worker and resource investigator.
Therefore to focuses on each worker by their roles and responsibilities to get a target in the different
form to perform roles in an internal and external atmosphere and makes the plan to improve their
performance google will able to take advantage of each and every team member including the team
leader.
Thought oriented roles of team members in team building thoughtfully, it is useful to analyses
creative and monitoring innovative ideas of members. Therefore, to concentrate on all members
thought and distributed work regarding their abilities considers helpful to team building and action
through their views for the team to accomplish the task.
According to Shiralkar, S and et.al. (2014) the benefit of Belbin's role models for organisations,
using Belbin's team roles useful to predict team performance and analyses behaviour of each
member considers. It is an important method for decision-making strategy to implement planning to
gain the objective. Resource investigation orientation of role models plays the great role to generate
ideas for implementing sources of the task. Through playing to strengths, characteristic of team
roles and responsibilities increases results to a composition of the team quickly in an effective
manner. It discovers varieties of patterns of behaviour of workers useful method to segment work
according to members abilities.
However, on the critical note, Park, T.Y. and Park. (2014) argued that if the company follows
Belbin's role model strategy for group development, some limitations to be considered on which
organisation should focus upon. The drawbacks of the model seem as it focuses on behaviour but
performance of members. Reflection of standard performance and actual performance remains
different from each other, and a great variance occurs. Belbin role model does not concentrate on
the personality of worker and their accountability and loyalty towards coordination in team
building. Team related behaviour does not recognize that workers' spirit is towards working with
other team members.
Analytic discussion of Tuckman & Jackson theory and Belbin's role model theory
Tuckman theory and Belbin's role model theory for group development and accomplishing
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target can be effective in result. Analyses of Google internet service provider can be evaluated by
applying both theories and leadership styles (Stevens, R. and Whittle, S., 2016).
Analysis of Google position by using Tuckman Jackson theory
Tuckman & Jackson theory expresses leadership style for team building and consists of stages from
forming of the group to performing the activities. Google as a widespread internet and computer
service provider to million people will able to accomplish the task by applying this theory. The
leadership style of this theory is able for effective team building management activities (European
Economic Review, 2016). First of all, setting objective would be helpful to make the framework for
action planning and prepare members for coordination. Therefore, workers will perform their
abilities in understanding behaviour to make the peaceful and positive environment of the industry.
A developing cycle of management will be resulted in the implementation of team work impacts on
positive feedback towards systematic work performance of members. It can achieve the target by
following the cyclic process with supportive Google team and would be able to maintain its position
in the competitive structure at the high level. Hence, to apply Tuckman & Jackson theory for
Google will result in effective and systematic target achievement to perform well. It will be useful
for strong team building spirits in workers as well stimulating tool to motive members with its
leader to accomplish the task in cyclic form. Evaluation of working abilities would be analyses
through Tuckman's leadership theory.
To proceed all stages in a significant manner can make the tough task as easy and convenient as
possible. Abilities of team members including leader indicate to grow in positively to take
advantage to grab opportunities for certain tasks involves mutual accountability of all participants to
committed same target strategy. A correct identification technique of leader for fulfilling task and
distribution of work according to team members abilities leads to the systematic corporation in team
building managing activity. Periodical steps for group development will improve workers
relationship with each other and coordinating atmosphere steadily increases to meet Google aims in
growing ways qualitatively.
Analysis of Google position by applying Belbin's role model theory
Belbin's role model theory is of different leadership style to achieve the task in comparison to
Tuckman & Jackson theory. This role model theory approaches to behaviour and interpersonal
relations of team workers. It aims to recognise each team member's action and their relation to
Google and orientation in effective method to accomplish the task by establishing the good
relationship among team members. By implementing Belbin's role model theory, Google would be
able to satisfy, encourage and gain positive outlook of the company in accepting challenges of the
team.
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The theory approaches action oriented as well people-oriented leadership style to improve effective
of performance in obtaining targets. Google seems to put the priority on relationship orientation as
well communication between all team members. It remains helpful to make task oriented
atmosphere and team productivity. To predict behaviour and provides facilities to all workers will
influence to show company's achievement (Managing Human Capital in the Digital Era, 2016).
Management of focusing upon each and every individual participant plays the great role on meeting
goals and priorities gains the self improvement in team members and encourages them for better
utilisation of their abilities.
Team development in Google organisation improves efficiency and systematic conclusive
orientated framework for task achievement as the well stronger positive impact on members
character empowerment (Valackiene., 2015). Identifying team members behaviour would increase
analyses of the distribution of work according to their capabilities, and they will perform their
performance with zeal. The management of conflicts and issues if occurs would also be reduced due
to understanding among members similar to communication skills will be considered to be
improved by self-awareness of workers to be responsible towards work. It seems a positive criterion
for Google in effective achievement of goal accomplishment. Moreover, it is the useful method to
create good bonding among all team members as similar interpersonal skills obtain to be improved.
CONCLUSION
The report on 'Managing organisations' related to 'Google' Internet industry is helpful to understand
group development process by applying different leadership theories. A positive influence of team
building as well application of leadership styles are to be focused. It represents the manner of
accomplishing targets to establish the relationship among all workers remains useful to create
coordinating performance attitude. Tuckman & Jackson theory same as Belbin's role model theory
implements encouragement team building spirit and workers get motivated towards high qualitative
performance. Hence, the report gives a positive idea about how to accomplish the task by using
leadership management theories in cyclic form as similar to focusing on each and every individual
member of the team. The positive attitude of workers towards task achievement brings confidence
and positiveness in team leader to create the positive atmosphere.
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