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Bruce W. Tuckman's Stages Of Group Development

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There have been many theories formed on the concept of team dynamics and group working but the most interesting of all is the theory of “Stages of Group Development” by Bruce W. Tuckman, where he explains how a group has to go through different stages to come together and complete a task. The interesting thing about Tuckman’s model is that, it is not based on actual research and but rather a hypothesis based on studies published on group development .

In this model of “Stages of Group Formation” Tuckman explains how a group formed through different stages. According to Tuckman the first stage of group formation is forming. This is the stage of group formation where the team members are often seemed lost, as there is no team leader and no rules
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