Comprehensive Report: Tuckman's Theory of Group Development Stages

This report provides an overview of Tuckman's Team Development Theory, a model used to understand and improve team efficiency. It defines the theory's importance in organizational settings and details the five stages of team development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning. The report explains each stage, highlighting the dynamics, challenges, and goals associated with each phase of team evolution. It emphasizes the roles and responsibilities within each stage, the importance of conflict resolution, and the eventual achievement of team goals. The conclusion summarizes the theory's significance in enhancing workplace performance, supported by cited references. This report offers a comprehensive understanding of team dynamics and how to foster efficient group work.

WORKING WITH GROUPS

INTRODUCTION
 Tuck man theory is the theory which explains process of developing
the efficient team in the organization.
 This report highlights the definition and importance of Tuck man
Theory.
 This report also shows the different stage of the team development
as per Tuck man theory.

DEFINITION
 Group theory are the theory which are used to study the group in the organization.
 That is why Tuckman Team Development theory is used that helps to development of the
efficient group in the organization.
 This theory used to work in the 5 different stages i.e. Forming it is the first stage in which there is
less amount of the clarity among the team member about the roles and responsibility.
 Therefore, this theory is used to recognize the facts which are used in groups so that it will help
to perform a team in better way.
 In the same way, Tuckman group development theory helps to analyse whether the team is
effective or not and also describe clearly how much time is needed to complete the assigned task.
 Using this theory, helps to understand that the team is evolved and it also helps to consider how
the members of team are effectively encounter some problems in different stages of the
development.

Forming
 It is the first stage in which there is less amount of the clarity among the team member
about the roles and responsibility.
 It is the stage where leader decide what and which people are required in the team.
Even in this stage, the team members interact with each other and also begin to tackle
the task as well.
 Thus, they start behaving independently, but they are motivated by the employees in
order to proceed towards next stage.

Storming
 Is the second stage in the group development at this stage team member in the team
used to develop the relationship with other member.
 Even in this stage, there may be chances of conflict, but the effective team will solve
the problem.
 In this, the leader describe the roles and responsibility of every individual so that they
will understand the work and help to achieve the defined aims and objective in
systematic manner.

Norming
 At this stage the disagreement between the team members are resolved as by coming to
third stage the members becomes clear about the roles responsibility and all the
agreement used to take place at this stage.
 They start respecting the ideas and opinions of other team members as at this stage
they develop the sense of understanding.
 They accept the behaviour of other team members.

Performing
 As at this stage all the member of a team are clear about the goal and mission and
vision of the group and the member used to work accordingly.
 By this time the members of a team become motivated as they gain enough knowledge
to deal with the situations and about the vision.
 Most of the decisions are made by team members.

Adjourning
 Is the last stage of the theory it is the stage which explains that at the time of the
closure of the group all the member of the group to get appropriate closure as well as
recognition for the work they accomplished.
 All the team member used to congratulate each other for the completion of the task in
the Team.

CONCLUSION
 After going through above report it has been summarized that there are five
stage of the team development as per the Tuck man theory and all the Stages of the
theory used to look at improving the efficiency of work in the organization.

REFERENCES
 Arrow, H. and Henry, K. B., 2019. Complex Dynamics in Small Groups.
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 Griffith, G. M., Bartley, T. and Crane, R. S., 2019. The Inside Out Group
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 Moraru, R. I., Dub, T. and Sroka, M., 2019. Group Development
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