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1.  Dr. Bruce W. Tuckman (1938) Who was Tuckman?
 A psychologist and scholar
 His best known article ‘’
‘’Development Sequence in
Small Groups’’ (1965)

2.  Princeton .
 Naval -Medical Research Institute.
 Developed his theory, called ‘’Tuckman’s Theory’’
 Four stages originally :
1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
 1977-update of the model with Mary Ann Jensen-
5. Adjourning

3. 1.Forming:
 Loose collection
 Job Focus
 Dominant Person/Leader
 Duties Shared
 By the end:
a) Understanding
b) Project schedule
2. Storming:
 Ideas exchanged
 Little Structure
 Competition and conflict-
Conflict: may not surface, but
exists. Questions asked

4. 3. Norming:
 Feedback
 Leadership patterns
 Conformity/Cohesion (not
always reached)
4. Performing:
 High Performance Team
 Solutions
 Not Reached by every team
 Identity complete/unified team
5. Adjourning:
 Team winds down
 Mixed emotions-euphoria and
regret
 Conclusion-recognition and
goodbyes

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Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning
Stage Development of Teams
Series 1
Stages over
time
GroupEffectiveness

6.  Eugene F. McKenna, E.M. (2001) Business Psychology and Orgnaisational Behaviour [online] 3rd Ed,
Google Books, available:
https://books.google.ie/books?id=v1fqm6WlOcMC&pg=PA334&dq=tuckman%27s+stages+of+team+
development+forming++eugene&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig-
6GqprjLAhXDng4KHfUEDr4Q6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=tuckman's%20stages%20of%20team%20develop
ment%20forming%20%20eugene&f=false [09/03/16]
 Infed (2005) Bruce W. Tuckman-forming, storming, norming and performing in groups [online]
available:http://infed.org/mobi/bruce-w-tuckman-forming-storming-norming-and-performing-in-
groups/ [14/4/16]
 Other sites:
 Infed (2005) Bruce W. Tuckman-forming, storming, norming and performing in groups [online]
available: http://humanresources.tennessee.edu/leadership/docs/tuckman.pdf
 Codre.pdf (2016) Bruce Tuckman [online] available:http://ww2.odu.edu/~jritz/attachments/coedre.pdf
 Toolshero (2015) Bruce Tuckman[online] available:
 http://www.toolshero.com/toolsheroes/bruce-tuckman/ [14/4/16]
 Project Smart (2010) The Five Stages Of Team Development: A Case Study~ By Gina Abudi [online]
available:https://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.php
[14/4/16]
 file:///C:/Users/Aoife/Downloads/bruce_tuckman_s_stages_of_team_development_.pdf