Tuckman's stages of group development
Tuckman's stages of group development is a model of group development made by Bruce Tuckman in 1965. It has four phases: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing.
- Forming is when the members of a team just got together.
- Storming is when they are in conflict and are not agreeing with each other.
- Norming is when they have finished deciding what is "normal".
- Performing is when they are working together efficiently.
Tuckman believed that these stages are all necessary and always happen in order for a team:
This model has become the basis for later models.
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- Performing this is a stage of a fully functional group where members see themselves as a group and get involved in the task.