Topic 5 - Tuckman Flashcards
What is Social Cohesion?
The extent to which team members like each other and the degree of satisfaction they get from team members
What is Task Cohesion?
The amount that team members work together to achieve shared and specific goals
What did Tuchman suggest?
There are four stages that every team will pass through before while they are trying to build cohesion (and a final stage when the team has completed their goals and breaks up)
What are the four stages?
Forming, storming, norming, performing
What is forming?
Coming together
What is storming?
Learning new systems and making relationships with new team - uncomfortable
What is norming?
Development of group cohesion
What is performing?
Conflicts are resolved