DEJ #4

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I’m using the article, “40 years of storming: a historical review of Tuckman’s model of small group development” by Denise A. Bonebright. The different stages that Tuckman’s models uses are Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning. Forming is when the team comes together and gets to know each other and sets rules and has an understanding the team’s goals. Storming is when there might be some conflict with the team. Norming is when the team ends up resolving the conflict and the teams starts to work more effectively and role become clearer and focus on team goals. Performing stage is when the team is highly effective when it comes to teamwork and they are bale to make good decisions and solve problems. Lastly, adjourning is when the team reminiscences on the achievements and experiences they’ve had after they completed their goals. Which I feel like this only doesn’t happen in just jobs, but it happens in life. Families go through this, for example a couple going through their first couple of months of marriage and then having a baby. They try to discuss on what their roles are in their marriage, household, and even the baby. Then when it’s resolved and figure out their roles, everything works so smoothly and they can reflect on their experiences with each other and their new baby. Even a new head coach of basketball team going through different changes in their program, players might not know their roles on the team which can cause problems, but eventually figuring that out can end up helping the team get to their goals. All of these scenarios can be related to Tuckman’s model and can be used in daily life.