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Groups and Teams - creating new groups and teams

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mutual acceptance stage

Characterized by members’ sharing
information about themselves and getting to know each other

Stages of Group Development (look at the figure)

This figure shows the stages of evolution from a newly formed group to a mature group. Note that as new members are added or an existing group gets a new task, the group needs to go through the stages again.

communication and decision-making stage

Members discuss their feelings more openly and
agree on group goals and individual roles in the
group

motivation and productivity stage

Members cooperate, help each other, and work
toward accomplishing tasks

control and organization stage

The group is mature; members work together and are flexible, adaptive, and self-correcting

Phases of Team Implementations

Implementation of teams in organizations is a long and arduous process. After the decision is made to initiate teams, the steering committee
develops the plans for the design team, which
plans the entire process. The goal is for teams to
become self-managing. The time it takes for each stage varies with the organization.

The question on the page originate from the summary of the following study material:

Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations | 9781305501393 | Ricky W Griffin, et al

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