W1_Ocharlie_Tuckman Analysis Assignment

Tuckman`s Forming Storming Norming Performing model

Tuckman`s forming  storming Norming Performing model describes team`s developmental phases. There are four divisions;

Forming – This defines the early phase of the team formation whereby the leader literarily does much of the work and team members’ individual roles and responsibilities not clearly defined.

Storming-As team members begin to understand the tasks, individuals tend to be assertive and struggles within the group make it harder to take decision. The leader encounter`s challenges from members and cliques are formed 

Norming- At this stage roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and teamwork is encouraged. There is good commitment among members.  Decisions are reached by consensus and the leader is well respected.

Performing-This is the performing stage where the team carries out it`s activities with no interference from the leader. There is great awareness among the group as targets are met and bonding in relationships.

Assessment result

From the assignment given, the scores for each of the Tuckman`s phases is listed below;

1       3                             2      3                             4       4                                 3     4

5        3                           7       4                            6        4                                 8     3

10      1                           9        2                          11      3                                12    4

15      4                           16     3                           13       5                                14   5

18      4                          20       1                          19      3                                  17   4

21      1                         23         3                         24      2                                  22    4

27     3                          28        1                           25      1                                 26    3

29     4                           31       1                          30       3                                 32     4

23 Forming                        18 Storming                     25 Norming                           31Performing

 Interpretation

From the scores, it shows that there is no clear indication that the team is in any developmental stage. The highest score 31 shows that the team understands what has to be done and has worked together to achieve result. However there is great input from the leader in getting to where we are now.

There scores for the other three stages show little difference.

The team condition at this stage can be interpreted thus;

The team is still trying to grasp the tasks at hand

There are individual commitments which is not equated to team commitment

The team is open to take up individual problems

The team is still catching up with work in the office

The team has potential to deliver

Management style at this phase

The characteristics above depict a stormy phase and Hersey and Blanchard`s Situational Leadership model that switches between the 4 stages of telling, selling, participating and delegating is recommended at this stage.  

Conclusion

The result indicate no clear idea of the stage the group is in.

With the storming stage being described as volatile phase, it can be fairly deduced that the team is in Storming stage. Therefore active leadership role that switches between telling, selling, participating and delegating is required at the stage to bring members up to speed.

References        

http://www.cscaweb.org/EMS/

http://www.businessballs.com/tuckmanformingstormingnormingperforming.htm

http:web.mit.edu/hr/oed/learn/