Question

The Retreat (Scenario)

The first-line managers of ELH Inc. were sent on a retreat to Silver Falls for their inaugural strategic planning meeting. Few people knew each other, but their task was clear: design a new performance appraisal system for subordinates that would be effective and usable.
The first day little was accomplished except for the jockeying to see who would be the official leader. Finally, Jim seemed to wrangle control and helped provide the first real direction for the group.
By the second day, the group seemed to begin working well. They spent the morning determining group standards with respect to how they would make decisions within the group and how to manage the idea-generation process.
On the third and fourth days, the managers got down to work and moved amazingly quickly, with ideas flowing freely. By the end of the fourth day, they had a workable system developed, and they felt satisfied. That night they all signed off on a new document to be presented to the regional manager the next day. They all felt a twinge of regret at having to break up the group and return to normal work life.
When the management team left Silver Falls to return to their own teams and departments, they had just completed the ________ stage of group development.

a. performing
b. storming
c. forming
d. adjourning

Answer 1

d. adjourning

Step-by-step explanation:

A group's disbanding is called the adjourning phase. The adjournment stage, created by Bruce Tuckman in 1977, is the fifth and final phase of group creation that takes place whenever a team concludes its work and then dissolves.

At around this point, it is crucial that team members get sufficient resolution and appreciation for the work they've done.

Remember that not all groups are going through a period of adjournment. If the team remains together for future projects, the adjournment stage of group growth would not go through.