October 2013
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
5h 45m
English
Use this, to deepen your understanding of the developmental stages that groups go through.
Susan Wheelan built on Tuckman’s model (see Theory 37) and suggested that groups achieve maturity simply through the process of working together. She claims that there is a significant relationship between the length of time that a group has been together and their behavioural patterns. She describes these relationships using a four-stage model based on a life-growth cycle.
To accompany the model Wheelan developed a Group Development Observation System (GDOS) which assesses each member’s ...
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