WHAT TEAM
CHANGE LOOKS LIKE
All teams go through a change process when they are first
formed, and when significant events occur such as a new member arriving, a key
member leaving, a change of scope, increased pressure from outside, or a change
in organizational climate.
Tuckman (1965) is one of the most widely quoted of researchers
into the linear model of team development. His work is regularly used in team
building within organizations. Most people will have heard of it as the
‘forming, storming, norming, performing’ model of team development. His basic
premise is that any team will undergo distinct stages of development as it works
or struggles towards effective team functioning. Although we will describe
Tuckman’s model in some detail, we have selected a range of models to illustrate
the team development process, as indicated in Table 2.4.