Chapter 7 Case Study
1. The first stage of the group development phase is forming. This phase is
where the group begins to gather and start introductions. Discussing the case Study,
The Organizational Behavior Group Christine leads, along with Diane, Janet, Steve
and Mike. The First group meeting in the case study involved Christine and her
group getting acquitted with one another, which signals the forming phase.
The second phase is Storming. This is known to be one of the hardest phases
in group development due to conflicting personalities and different opinions in the
brainstorming process. This would refer to the case study in the situation when
Christine planned a team meeting 5 weeks into the semester. The conflict was that
Mike would not attend most meetings. This resulted in him not participating with
the team, which was the opposite interest of the entire team.
Norming is the phase that comes after storming. During this phase, this is
when the whole team learns to relate and starts building relationships with each
other as friends, rather than acquaintances while attempting to reach the same goal.
This started to happen around week 5 in the semester, when the whole team was
already feeling comfortable with each other, having the ability to joke with each
other. This made Mike feel left out since he missed meetings.
After norming is the fourth phase, performing. This is where the united plan
of a group is being accomplished. This phase is shown in the case study when
everyone had finished his or her selected sections to Christine for revisions. Mike
