Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
What are the stages of group development?
Forming
The group forms and begins its identity with members learning about the group. Members rely on safe patterns of behavior and desire acceptance.
Storming
Difficult time in which each person finds a position in the group and tries to decide whether to remain in the group. Power struggles for leadership may exist and subgroups may form with many conflicts.
Norming
The groups begins to experience some relief from previous tensions and decides on specific goals or objectives for next step.
Performing
The group has clearly defined purposes and every member is participating. Members may fear the inevitable future breakup of the group. This is the most productive stage of group development.
Adjourning
The group reaches closure and evaluates its progress of reaching its goals.
Forming
The climate of the group is uncertainty with insecurity and a low level of trust.
Storming
The climate of the group is unstable and emotional with competition and conflict.
Norming
The climate is a feeling of openness and progress with increased relatedness between members. The group is cohesive.
Performing
The climate is open, pleasant, and relaxed with a high level of trust and cooperation.
Adjourning
The climate is mixed with both relief that task is finished and sadness that group is disbanding.
Forming
The individuals must become oriented to the group task and the other group members.
Storming
The individuals task is to find a position in the group and define what his/her contribution can be.
Norming
The individuals task is to share feelings and ideas, solicit and give feedback, and explore actions related to the task.
Performing
The individuals task is to carry out his/her part of the work.
Adjourning
The individuals task is to evaluate the group process and outcome of group.
Forming
The leaders task is to provide support and to encourage participation without encouraging dependence.
Storming
The leaders task is to focus on channeling energy into constructive activity and encouraging resolution of conflicts.
Norming
The leaders task is to guide the group by staying on track, testing the feasibility of suggestions, and reaching consensus in making decisions.
Performing
The leaders task is to act as facilitator and to allow members to act.
Adjourning
The leaders task is to encourage sharing and to help the group face termination.
Forming
The group's task is orientation. The group must form an identity as a group.
Storming
The group's task is to resolve conflicts and organize itself into roles to complete goals.
Norming
The group's task is to decide on specific goals.
Performing
The group's task is to move toward goal and engage in productive behaviors.
Adjourning
The group's task is to support and provide recognition of group's work and achievements.
List the group roles:
Individual Roles, Group Task Roles, and Group Building & Maintenance Roles
Individual Roles
Blocker/Complainer, Recognition Seeker, Dominator/Monopolizer, Help-seeker/Victim, Distractor/Seducer, Mute, Truant/Late-comer, Moralist are all examples of ___.
Group Task Roles
Initiator/Contributor, Info seeker/Questioner, Opinion seeker, info giver, opinion giver, summarizer, coordinator, orientor/facilitator, evaluator are all examples of ___.
Group Building & Maintenance Roles
encourager, harmonizer, compromiser, gate-keeper, standard setter/rule maker, follower are all examples of ___.
Individual roles
roles that meet only the needs of the group member, not of the group
Blocker/complainer
resists progress by arguing or disagreeing beyond reason
recognition seeker
calls attention to himself through boasting and pointing out his achievements
dominator/monopolizer
asserts his/her authority and superiority in manipulating the group or certain members of the group; activity controls the group by continually talking
help-seeker/victim
tries to elicit sympathy from the group or individual members
distracter/seducer
horses around" demonstrating his/her lack of involvement, gains personal attention
mute
seeks control passively through silence; does not follow the group (sleeping member, wandering member)
truant/late-comer
invalidates significance of the group by coming in late
moralist
acts as pledge of right and wrong
group task roles
roles that identify group problems and select methods to solve those problems
initiator/contributor
suggests or proposes to the group new ideas or different ways of regarding the group problem or goal
information seeker/questioner
asks for clarification of issues and information
opinion seeker
does not ask primarily for facts of the case, but for clarification of values pertinent to what the group is undertaking
information giver
offers facts or generalizations that are "authoritative" or who shares his own experience in relation to the group problems
opinion giver
states his ideas and values about group suggestions
summarizer
states the current position of the group
contributor
shows or clarifies how ideas can work
orientor/facilitator
keeps the group on target by defining where the group is in relationship to its goal; keeps the group focused
evaluator
assesses the accomplishment of the group in relation to its tasks
group building & maintenance roles
roles that are oriented toward the functioning of the group as a whole. they are designed to alter or maintain the group's way of working to strengthen, regulate and perpetrate the group as a group
encourager
gives acceptance to the contributions of others, exerts a positive influence on the group
harmonizer
reconciles differences between group members in order to make/keep peace
compromiser
admits his error to maintain group harmony and meets the person with an opposing idea halfway
gate-keeper
facilitates the contributions of others, thereby keeping communication open
standard setter/rule maker
sets group goals/standards to be achieved and evaluates the functioning of the group
follower
goes along with the ideas of other members, assuming more interesting audience role