D2. Team Development & Group Processes that Affect Team Effectiveness

Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, & Adjourning

Tuckman's Stages of Group Development

Forming

Group development stage that involves orienting with others, defining the task, establishing ground rules

Storming

Group development stage that involves addressing conflict, establishing norms, clarifying roles, and building trust

Norming

Group development stage that involves building unity, developing shared understanding, establishing processes, and increasing collaboration

Performing

Group development stage that involves achieving goals, continuous improvement, innovation, and high-level problem-solving

Adjourning

Group development stage that applies to temporary teams or project teams that eventually disband

Punctuated Equilibrium

Believes that 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. Entails specific individual behaviors required for success

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 & Size, Group Work Design, Intragroup Processes, & External Group Processes

Predictors of Work-Team Effectiveness

Organizational Context

Includes rewards, goals, feedback, training that may predict team effectiveness

Group Composition & Size

The cognitive ability of group members, personality traits, demographic characteristics that may predict team effectiveness

Group Work Design

Member task interdependence & member goal interdependence that may predict team effectiveness

Intragroup Processes

Team effectiveness may entail group cohesion, group efficacy, and communication processes

External Group Process

Includes communication outside the group & external interaction patterns that can indicate team effectiveness

Communication, Decision-Making, Conflict Management, Coordination and Planning, Cohesion, Norms, Trust, & Collective Efficacy

Group Processes that Affect Team Effectiveness