January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
130h 6m
English
2 Describe the punctuated-equilibrium model of group development.
If your professor has assigned this, go to the Assignments section of mymanagementlab.com to complete the video exercise titled Witness.org: Managing Groups & Teams.
Temporary groups with finite deadlines pass through a unique sequencing of actions (or inaction): (1) Their first meeting sets the group’s direction, (2) the first phase of group activity is one of inertia and thus slower progress, (3) a transition takes place exactly when the group has used up half its allotted time, (4) this transition initiates major changes, (5) a second phase ...
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