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Group Development

How groups function and, ultimately, their effectiveness hinge on group characteristics and processes known collectively as group dynamics. There are five key elements of group dynamics, group size and roles, group leadership, group development, group norms. and group cohesiveness.

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In this exercise, you will analyze and apply one particular element of group dynamics: the growth stages of groups over time. A strong understanding of this phenomenon is important because what a group is capable of achieving depends in part on its stage of development. Knowing that it takes considerable time for work teams to get up and ruhning helps managers have realistic expectations for new teams. It also reminds them that they need to give new team members considerable training and guidance.

Group each name by the appropriate phase of the group development process. Move each label to the correct drop zone box.

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