Facilitation is an overlooked art in many organizations, but one that is crucial for excellent team work and great results. It fosters a sense of responsibility for, and commitment to, the outcome a group may reach. A facilitator’s role is to serve as a catalyst, creating the conditions and motivation...
Conflict isn't necessarily a bad thing, in fact, it can create highly performing teams. Bruce Tuckman's theory of team development suggests that all groups progress through various stages of performance: from forming to storming, then norming, and finally performing. By learning to fight about the right things--goals, roles, and strategies—teams...
Understanding how teams function and what makes teams more effective can be meaningful in the classroom and in the workplace. Much has been studied and written about the traditional model of team development since Dr. Bruce Tuckman's 1965 study of small groups, which identified the traditional five phases experienced by...
This model describes the phases that teams tend to go through from their inception to the successful completion of the project, and highlights the areas that may cause the team and the project to fail. There has never been a time of greater conflict between members of newly...
Small groups are an important part of organisational life. We deploy them to tackle short-term problems and as regular work units. Outside work, we encounter them in many contexts. How do they develop? This was the question Bruce Tuckman answered in the early 1960s. Reviewing a wide range...
The foundation of the summer camp is the group. Throughout the summer, in addition to the attention we give to the individual camper, our focus is continually on the various group configurations. We attend to the cabin group, the same-age groups, and the camp as a whole. As camp professionals,...
Abstract This study examined the frequency of motivational and cognitive self-regulatory behaviors, valuation, and achievement levels of 131 African American males and 154 African American females who attended high school in a large urban school district. The results suggest that African American females who receive free and reduced...
Byline: Jeff Tuckman Daily Herald Correspondent The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "Batman Begins" 1/2 (2005, Warner, 140 minutes, Rated PG-13; $28.98) Fans of the Batman films will rejoice over this terrific adaptation ...
Byline: Jeff Tuckman Daily Herald Correspondent The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "I, Robot" (2004, Fox, 124 minutes, Rated PG-13, no suggested retail, on DVD $29.98) This box-office hit was adapted from Isaac...
Byline: Jeff Tuckman Daily Herald Correspondent The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "The Matrix Revolutions". (2003, Warner, 129 minutes, Rated R-sexual situations, violence; no suggested retail; on DVD $29.95) The final chapter of...
By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 6--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission renewed the licenses for Duke Energy's two Charlotte-area nuclear plants Friday, extending their operation until the 2040s. NRC officials signed the...
Byline: Jeff Tuckman Daily Herald Correspondent The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "Bruce Almighty" 1/2 (2003, Universal, 101 minutes, Rated PG-13 $22.98; on DVD $26.98) Jim Carrey stars in this comedy as Bruce...
Byline: Jeff Tuckman Daily Herald Correspondent The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "The Hulk" (2002, Universal, 137 minutes, Rated PG-13; $22.98, on DVD $26.98) Based on the Marvel comic book character created by Stan...
Cognitive and metacognitive strategies, often referred to as "study skills, " are considered essential to being successful in college. Their importance is underscored by the fact that academic tasks at the college level tend to demand far more higher-level thinking and independent learning than those encountered in secondary school (Carson,...
Teaching Alone, Teaching Together: Transforming the Structure of Teams, for Teaching by James L. Bess and Associates Jossey-Bass A Wiley Company, 2000, 304 pages, ISBN 0787947989 As engineering professors, many of us have used groups or teams to support student learning and educational objectives. We tell the...
Byline: Jeff Tuckman Daily Herald Correspondent The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "Bandits" (2001, MGM, 123 minutes, Rated PG-13, no suggested retail; also available on DVD) This overlooked film should get its due...
Byline: Jeff Tuckman Daily Herald Correspondent The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "Unbreakable" (2000, Touchstone, 106 minutes, Rated PG- 13, no suggested retail; also available on DVD) Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan had not...
Developmental Sequence in Small Groups* As group facilitators we are often concerned about the development of the groups with which we work. Frequently we make reference to "the stages of group development" and the stages most frequently cited are forming, storming, norming and performing. These stages were proposed by...
The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "The Whole Nine Yards" (1999, Warner, 99 minutes, Rated R-sexual situations, language; no suggested retail, also available on DVD) Dentist Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky Matthew Perry is very submissive to...
The following video titles arrive at local stores this week: "The Sixth Sense" (1999, Hollywood Pictures, 107 minutes, Rated PG-13; no suggested retail) Nominated for six Academy Awards, this chilling excursion into the eerie world of the unexplained and...
