Team Building
As I looked over all five stages of Abudi’s team
building development, but focus in on the last one: the final stage “adjourning”-means
the project is coming to an end and the team members are starting to go their
separate ways. They celebrate the teams efforts and learn from what they have
accomplished (Abudi, 2010). It is truly a time to celebrate, learn from the
mistakes, and share the accomplishments. It can be a sad, as well as happy time
because all of the hard work is behind you, and the team will not need to meet
as often as they did before. I do believe we miss those evening meets, and the
dinner sharing because of the team relationship working together.
High preforming groups will miss each other too,
because we get use to interacting with one another on a regular basis. I
believe any group in which you have constructed a relationship with, and have
made good progress with succeed will be difficult to leave or have a hard time
leaving. Some of the rituals I have been a part have been parties, gift giving, and
much praise.
Adjourning from the group of the master program is bitter
sweet, because you are grateful to have complete the task, but you have gain
knowledge of one another. I am already wondering what I will be doing with my
free time, and I desire to continue my blog, and I am so grateful for the idea,
and hope others from the program stay in touch using our blogs. Adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork because everyone need closer.
In the future I would
build a team with the help of Abudi’s five stages of team development:
1.The “forming” stage-this is when a
team first meets each other and introductions are made. The members of the team
share information about themselves and they are finding out information about
others and how they feel they will work together (Abudi,
2010).
2.A the team works together they get into the
“storming” stage-in this stage the team members compete for status and
acceptance(Abudi, 2010). The team leader must guide the team so that conflict is
solved together and introduce the win/win approach and try to change the
conflict from adversarial attack and defense, to co-operation (www.crnhq.org).
3.In the third stage “norming”-the team begins
to work together more efficiently as a team. They are focusing on goals
together, not individual goals. This is where the trust takes place of the
progress begins.
4.The “ performing” stage-this is where the
team focuses on the goal. The team knows each other, trusts each other, and
they rely on each other. At this point the team works with no guidance, and the
team works together as a group.
5.The
final stage “adjourning”-means the project is coming to an end and the team
members are starting to go their separate ways. They celebrate the teams
efforts and learn from what they have accomplished (Abudi, 2010).
References
Abudi, G. (2010). The five
stages of team development: A case study. Retrieved from
Sandra, I loved yuor post. I truly agree with you about the sadness of adjouring, but along with you, the ritual stage is awesome. I love gifts and praise.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog! When I have been part of a team which I have enjoyed being part of, I see this stage as a very sad one.
ReplyDeleteReally liked reading you blog. I think this is the part that is hard for everyone is the leaving or saying good bye. For the most part we all feel like a family and when the end comes it is very hard and sad as well.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for your post! Before your post I had not even considered that once this degree is complete I will not have any school work to complete for a little while~ what a fun thought to consider! With this being said I also understand your sadness about the courses coming to an end. When I started this program achieving this degree seemed so far off and now we are just 3 classes away. I almost feel like it is senior year in high school again and time is running out to make a decision about college.
Most of the time adjourning brings feelings of sadness especially when most experiences have been positive. You all have been supportive in helping me to achieve my academic goals. I have gained much awareness through your insights that I would like us to continue in communication. Even though, I am about to finish, I believe I was blessed to learn from others like you who always expressed compassion and love to serve children and families.
ReplyDeleteI agree, we spend so much time on the computer doing our homework, interacting with each other and I too wonder what I will do with my time when this program is over. I think we will run into familiar people in the future, maybe through blogs, we never know. The adjourning stage is mixed with bitter sweet feelings.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to thank you for your contributions and give you a special thanks for all that you have shared in this class and I wish all the best for you in your future endeavors. I hope to gain knowledge with you in future classes at Walden University. Thanks, Tammy
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