The Bizzy Beez Group Development

I was reading my textbook, like every good student should, and I came across the "Stages of Group Development". I wanted to determine some of the things that contributed to each of these stages in our COM 100 002 Service team (The Bizzy Beez).
The Stages of Group Development are:

• Forming- the initial stage of group development during which people come to feel valued and accepted so that they identify with the group.


• Storming-the stage of group development during which the group clarifies its goals and determines the roles each member will have in the group power structure.


• Norming-the stage of development during which the group solidifies its rules for behavior, especially those that relate to how conflict will be managed.


• Performing-the stage of group development when the skills, knowledge, and abilities of all members are combined to overcome obstacles and meet goals successfully.


• Adjourning- the stage of group development in which members assign meaning to what they have done and determine how to end or maintain interpersonal relations they have developed.

Although the class introductions were technically not a part of the "project", I believe that it was one of the biggest contributions to the forming stage. But, I also believe that when we divided our class into three separate teams (The Service Team, The Support Team, and the Publicity Team) that we were more identified, and we "formed".

I think that for the Bizzy Beez in particular, most of the "storming" we on just prior to our group presentation. This was a presentation to inform the rest of the class about what it was that we would be doing AT THE PARK, how to do it, who was doing what part, and why we were doing it.

Relating to the Norming stage, Bizzy Beez did not write up a list of rules or anything. However, we did name our group leader, April, the "Queen Bee", but that was just for fun. And I believe that we all expected each other to act in a reasonable and considerate fashion.

As far as the Performing stage goes, I think that this is where we are currently. We have already completed some of the small goals in our large task, and we are working on other ones right now. For instance, we have dug the trenches, planted grass seed (even though we need to to it again due to a turkey invasion), and we still need to lay some rock in the ditches.

Adjourning is yet to come, and this has a lot to do with personal student reflections, and THE PARTY (This coming Saturday!)