DEJ 4

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Upon reading A Project Team Analysis Using Tuckman’s Model of Small Group Development, I learned how we can see what really helps a small group through the 5 stages as they overcome what adversities spring upon them. With the nursing facility, a workload management system had not been in place yet so the group being analyzed is the one trying to come to an improvement for the facility. Now to start, this team had an extremely in depth team charter that answered many questions that could come up within this entire process. Things like roles, boundaries, stakeholders, communication, etc. all showed how the group would conduct itself going forward. I think this study showed that the charter may be the most important step in the entire process. As the group spent two months within their forming stage, this shows the vast preparation and how serious they took planning out this case. Finally, one piece that really stood out to me within this case was the group resilience through losing their team leader. After spending so much time figuring out responsibilities, mandates kept their leader from being able to participate in their fullest capacity. The group still got together to get the job done as they delegated the responsibility between each other. I think this is admirable because when a leader goes down it can be easy to get discouraged, but this group found a way to press on.