PART I – Group Development
First, here is a summary of the development stages of a team. In the forming stage, team members come togetherand form initial impressions. They socialize in order to get to know each other and bond with other team members. In the storming stage, team members experience hostility and infighting over tasks and how the team works. In the norming stage, team members start to come together and realize what needs to be accomplished. In the performing stage, team members are well-organized and well-functioningand maintain a positive balance. In the adjourning stage, team members achieve closure when the project is accomplished.
At the end of the cask study the team is still in the storming phase of team
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PART III – Retrospective Evaluation
In order for Christine to solve her primary problem two things need to occur. First, Christine should take a class in organization behavior. Understanding the team development process, as well as, team effectiveness, and teams in an organization will definitely help Christine. She will be able to understand, and identify positive and negative aspects of her project team and would have been able to implement steps to correct any deficiencies.
The second aspect was Christine’s lack of effectiveness and her inability to integrate Mike into the team. After the first meeting which Mike attended, the problems started. Mike did not make meeting, and was submitting hand written notes. Christine should have structured a meeting that Mike could attend, or scheduled a team building social event. in addition, she could have started reviewing his notes with the other team members at the meetings since he was not there to do it himself. This would at least have given the other team members the knowledge that Mike was making an effort on his part of the project.
PART IV – Reflection
In my opinion Christine was presented with a challenge that was way above her level of experience. Her lack of knowledge in team development, and as a team leader was evident in the project team. The team did not make it past the storming phase, and therefore never fully developed into an efficient team. She failed to integrate one individual into the
Another possible solution was for Mike and Christine to focus on their required and emergent behaviors. Required behaviors are “those formally defined and expected by the team” (John & Wiley pg 173). Emergent behaviors are “those that team members display in addition to any requirements” (John & Wiley pg 173). Mike was missing the required behaviors and Christine the emergent behaviors. Mike didn’t have the required behaviors like punctuality. He continually missed scheduled meeting times or came late. Christine needed to reach out to Mike either by “taking the time to send an email message to an absent member to keep him informed about what happened during a group meeting” (John & Wiley pg 174). If Christine took the time to do such actions, the inclusion could have made Mike feel like a respected member of the group and therefore made him more involved.
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