Group Development
The Five-Stage Model
- Forming: members get to know each other (e.g. personal characteristics, strength/ weaknesses) and reach common goals.
- Storming: members potentially disagree on goals, priorities and (leadership) roles to take (Managers need to be sure conflict stays focused)
- Norming: close ties and consensus (by a set of rules and roles) begin to develop between members to coordinate group‘s activities and goal achievement
- Performing: group understands ist goals/ roles and does its real work
- Adjourning: group is disbanded (after work is done) or tries to postpone disbandment (delaying decisions etc.)