In the last byte, we had a generic discussion about group formation. In today’s byte, we look at Bennis and Shepard’s group development model.
This model proposes that there would be four stages in group development:
This model proposes that there would be four stages in group development:
- Mutual Acceptance
- Decision Making
- Motivation and Commitment
- Control and Sanction
If a team’s needs to become a mature team, it would need to navigate through and negotiate all these stages of group development successfully.
This model in essence addresses three issues:
- Interpersonal issues – these involve matters of trust, personal comfort and authority
- Task issues – include mission or purpose of the group, methods employed by the group, outcome expected by the group
- Authority issues – includes decisions about who is in-charge, who tells whom what to do etc