D. 4.2 Stages of Team Development & Group Processes that Affect Team Effectiveness

Forming

Storming

Norming

Performing

Adjourning

Tuckman's Stages of Team Development

Forming

Stage of team development that involves orienting with others, defining the task, establishing ground rules

Storming

Stage of team development that involves addressing conflict, establishing norms, clarifying roles, and building trust

Norming

Stage of team development that involves building unity, developing shared understanding, establishing processes, and increasing collaboration

Performing

Stage of team development that involves achieving goals, continuous improvement, innovation, and high-level problem-solving

Adjourning

Stage of team development that applies to temporary teams or project teams that eventually disband

Punctuated Equilibrium

Rather than forming in stages, teams develop direction and strategy in the first meeting, follow this direction for a period of time, then drastically revise their strategy about halfway through

Team performance

Attitudes

Withdrawal behaviors

3 Dimensions of Work Team-Effectiveness

Taskwork

Involves the task-oriented aspects of work

Teamwork

Involves the process-oriented aspects of work, includes a wide range of activities aimed at maintaining and enhancing team performance

Organizational Context

Group Composition and Size

Group Work Design

Intragroup Processes

External Group Processes

Predictors of Work-Team Effectiveness

Organizational Context

Rewards, goals, feedback, training that may indicate team effectiveness

Group Composition & Size

Cognitive ability of group members, personality traits, and demographic characteristics that may indicate team effectiveness

Group Work Design

Member task interdependence, member goal interdependence

Intragroup Processes

Involves group cohesion, group efficacy, or communication processes that may indicate group effectiveness

External Group Process

Communication outside the group & external interaction pattern that may indicate team effectiveness

Communication

Decision-Making

Conflict Management

Coordination and Planning

Cohesion

Norms

Trust

Collective Efficacy

Group Processes that Affect Team Effectiveness