Teamwork Makes the Dream Work......wk6

"This week you read about the five stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Consider the adjourning phase for several of the groups in which you have been involved. Think about which aspects of the groups made for the hardest good-bye. Are high-performing groups hardest to leave? Groups with the clearest established norms? Which of the groups that you participated in was hardest to leave? Why? What sorts of closing rituals have you experienced or wish you had experienced? How do you imagine that you will adjourn from the group of colleagues you have formed while working on your master's degree in this program? Why is adjourning an essential stage of teamwork?"


When I think about the groups that I was in that was hard to leave, I think about the key things that grew our bond. Most of which was because we built a personal tie to one another. We understood each other, and we respected one another. There was one group that I did not like, but we worked well together, and honestly I wanted a great grade. So, I sucked up my emotional feelings and pushed through. For the groups that I participated in and found it hard to leave we would usually do something to commemorate our time together. Whether we had dinner, a party, or some kind of outing. Working with an online community is a bit different. We have not met personally, and honestly for me I have to physically meet someone to form a tie with them. Adjourning is an essential part of teamwork, because it places a conclusion to the experience. It gives the team members closure on a chapter in their lives.