I need you to answer my peer's discussion post in a detailed manner with sources/references/citations, please. State if you agree or disagree. Answer each post separately. There will be 2 parts.

PART 1-

Post 1

Hi Class,

This learning activity scenario is one that I hope I will never have to experience; however, if I were in this situation, I would immediately think of survival and go into leadership mode. Initially, I would assign a group of survivors who do not have major injuries to search the plane wreckage for medical supplies like bandages or a defib box/kit, a lighter, flashlights, cell phones, blankets, water bottles, food, and anything that can be used for reflection (e.g., makeup mirror, piece of shiny metal). Initially, I would identify if medical professionals were in the group to attend to the injured. This is critical to maximum survivorship to ensure each person has the mobility to start moving. Not knowing where we are, I would find the most apparent path for us to start navigating towards a body of water or the most open land. I would gather the group to assign roles and set clear objectives, ensuring everyone understands their responsibilities in our quest for survival.

The five-stage model of team development includes forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. I will walk you through the five stages in the scenario and explain how I would perform each stage with the group of survivors.

In the initial stage of forming, the group of survivors would come together amidst the chaos of the plane crash. As the designated leader, I would take charge and facilitate introductions, then encourage, speak positively about working together as a team, and welcome everyone's ideas to create a sense of unity among the group. In this stage, this is where I would identify everyone's expertise, like the medical professional for the injured, anyone who has experience hiking or camping and will know how to start a fire from wood, anyone who understands wildlife, engineers and so on. This will help me assign roles and tasks to the group. Finally, I would set our goals and objectives, focusing on immediate priorities such as securing medical supplies, water, and items to make reflections for the rescue team to spot us quickly and shelter.

In the storming stage, tensions may arise as our situation sets in and individuals grapple with their roles and responsibilities within the group. Some may express frustration or anxiety about the tasks at hand or the uncertainty of our circumstances. As the leader, I would address conflicts openly and encourage constructive dialogue among team members. This stage requires active listening and conflict-resolution skills to ensure we can move forward together effectively. By refocusing on our shared goals and emphasizing the importance of collaboration, we can overcome any challenges during this stage.

As we progress into the norming stage, the initial tensions and anxieties begin to subside, and team members feel a sense of trust that we have a plan. Being in such a tumultuous survival situation, it would be challenging to do team-building activities. However, I would do my best to encourage everyone and reiterate that my ideas are just that, ideas and that everyone's ideas are important and welcomed. In this stage, it's important that I don't let my fears and emotions cloud my role, so I would need to focus on regular evaluations of our progress. For instance, has the group responsible for erecting shelter for us begun and are making progress? Have the injured been bandaged and secured? Has the team responsible for navigating a route to water set out and making their way? Has anyone gotten a cell signal from our engineer? Have they gotten a signal from the cockpit (assuming it has not been completely damaged)? I must be prepared to make necessary adjustments to ensure we stay on track toward our rescue goal.

In the performing stage, with clear goals and everyone knows what they're responsible for, the team should be operating at its peak efficiency, and everyone should be engaged. This is the "typical" behaviour when moving through the stages of a project; however, given the severity of the situation, I would be mindful that not everyone will adjust to our reality and may have a hard time mentally and emotionally stable. So, I would have to pay more attention to the few outliers for positive reinforcement, and together, we are strong. I would continue to provide support and encouragement to maintain momentum and celebrate our successes along the way.

As we reach the adjourning stage, and hopefully, this is when we are being rescued, I would thank everyone for their contributions and remind them that we survived because everyone came together as a team. I imagine everyone, including myself, will have mixed emotions as it sinks in what we have gone through and the lingering feeling of 'what if.' As the team lead, I would make every effort to enforce the celebration of all we accomplished that ensured our chances of survival.

Post 2

Resources useful in that Situation:

1. Find moving water body to follow until a home or person is found to call police for help.

2. Look for edible plants or berries.

3. Find shelter for protection.

4. Find Hilltops to spell out HELP sign.

5. Find mirrors from plane wreckage to signal SOS to rescuers by reflecting sunlight.

6. Find a flashlight to see during night and for rescuers to notice.

7. Look for a compass to navigate through the wilderness.

Describe the five-stage model of team development.

Stage 1. Forming

The forming stage occurs when team members first convene as a team. In the case of being amongst strangers in the wilderness, all survivors form acquaintances with each other and ground rules for optimal survival of all will be established. Formalities will be conducted and maintained as most of the group are strangers(Smart & Smart, 2024).

Stage 2. Storming

Team discovers teamwork challenges such as interpersonal conflicts as the team grows accustomed to how each person works.

In the scenario described above, the group will begin to communicate their feelings about wanting to be rescued quickly and safely out of the woods. While someone may establish to be more dominant and claim to be leader with the best ideas conflict may follow. The rest of the group will resist control and show hostility. Therefore, a compassionate leader who understands the situation and has the vision and knowledge of rescue processes is necessary for all to be rescued safely and quickly(Smart & Smart, 2024).

Stage 3. Norming

The team settles into a productive routine that quickly lays as its foundation, now functioning as a team. In this stage, the people of the survival will feel that the team can now achieve the desired goal of being rescued once they listen to everyone's ideas and perspectives(Smart & Smart, 2024).

Stage 4. Performing

This is when the team reaches the peak performance stage. Here, the people in the woods will begin to trust each other and communicate the action plan where each will be transparent and be able to achieve the goals of reaching out to rescuers for help(Smart & Smart, 2024).

Stage 5. Adjourning

At this stage, the team's assigned tasks have been achieved and the team is disbanded or repurposed. At this stage, the team will have achieved the goal of being rescued and the group of survivors will return to their homes safely(Smart & Smart, 2024).

Discuss how you would manage this process to ensure that the project object of being rescued in the shortest amount of time is achieved.

Through open, transparent and honest communication, and setting of step-by-step goals so everyone can understand and will not be overwhelmed(Smart & Smart, 2024).

Reference

Smart, J., & Smart, J. (2024, February 15). How to use the 5 stages of team development (and build better teams!) | SessionLab. SessionLab. https://www.sessionlab.com/blog/team-development/

Post 3

Hi everyone,

In this survival activity, I think it would be important to identify our priorities as a group before listing the resources that might be useful. The biggest priority is surviving, and the second biggest is getting rescued or finding our way to civilization. This is because rescue/escape could occur over a vast time frame, and survival is an immediate need. While food would be a long term factor, many people can survive from their stored fats for short periods of time, so water, warmth, and shelter would be the major concerns. Resources that would be extremely helpful would be: -Matches/lighters to create fires for warmth, protection at night, cooking, cleaning water, and smoke signals. -Tarps for creating shelter from the elements and can be used to carry water. - Compass for determining which way we were heading -Hand sanitizer/first aid kit for sanitizing items and keeping team from getting sick - Flashlight -Knife -Backpacks for transporting supplies (extra clothing, water, etc.) -Metal water bottles to use as pots(honestly not sure if this would work but it would still help to carry items) -Radio/Flare Gun for rescuers -Bungee cords/Rope for travel, hanging food away from camp, creating shelters, etc.

It would be easy to keep going with a list, but these would be the major items I think would be necessary to survive in the woods. In relation to the five stages of team building, I believe that in the formation stage it would be important for everyone to list their relevant skills that could be helpful to the group. We could carve out roles for people based on their capability to ensure survival during the rescue period. We would need to gather supplies and brainstorm the most effective way to be rescued. If the crash was not visible, I think it would be important to find some sort of high visibility or brightly coloured clothing to put somewhere that a passing rescue team could see. We would need to decide if we were staying at the crash site or if we would try to make our way out of the woods. This would likely cause conflict, and would be part of Tuckman's storming phase. As we made the decision based on our knowledge of the area and communicating our opinions as a group, we would begin to work together to survive and seek rescue in the norming stage . I would say that efforts should be divided 60% towards survival, and 40% towards rescue, and as we delivered on our tasks, we would reach the performing stage. Once rescue came, and everyone survived, we would work together to investigate why this happened, known as the adjourning phase. This would be helpful in accountability, remediation, and ensuring that future accidents do not occur for this reason. Open communication and working towards the same goal is vital in all projects, whether it involves survival or making a group presentation. There is likely to be conflict in the early stages of team development, and ensuring that communication does not break down is quickest way to move through these stages and into a functional team. Thanks! Reference:

Tuckman's Stages of Group Development - WCU of PA. (n.d.-b). https://www.wcupa.edu/coral/tuckmanStagesGroupDelvelopment.aspx#:~:text=These%20stages%20are%20commonly%20known,more%20collaborative%20or%20shared%20leadership.

PART 2-

Post 1

Hi Professor and Class,

The five-stage model of project team development includes forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning (Stein, n.d.).

In the forming stage, people are excited, mixed with some anxiety about fitting into the team (Stein, n.d.). There are many questions and uncertainties about roles, and the leader needs to make structure, set goals, and establish trust (Stein, n.d.). As a leader, my preference for open communication and documentation will be invaluable in establishing clear roles, goals, and expectations. I'll encourage everyone to share their ideas and concerns to foster unity openly. However, I must also be mindful of balancing my compassion with assertiveness to ensure that boundaries are established and respected from the outset.

Storming typically comes with frustration and anger as expectations clash with reality (Stein, n.d.). Team members openly express disagreements and concerns. Having clear goals in this stage, the leader can refocus everyone on the goals and should develop/display conflict management skills (Stein, n.d.). My emphasis on open communication will be crucial in addressing conflicts and disagreements constructively. By segmenting situations into manageable buckets, I'll help the team identify the root causes of conflicts and guide discussions toward resolution. In the virtual environment, confronting challenges can be complex because you lose the visual emotions of the individual, so it would be important that I establish from the onset that all virtual meetings (TEAMS or Zoom) are to be done on camera. However, my compassionate nature may make it challenging to confront issues assertively. Therefore, I'll work on effectively developing a safe balance between assertion and compassion in managing conflicts.

During the norming stage, there is increasing acceptance and comfort within the team, trying to resolve problems and achieve harmony (Stein, n.d.). The team will have increased productivity, and the team lead will evaluate team processes (Stein, n.d.). My commitment to open communication and documentation will support the team in building trust and resolving any lingering conflicts. By segmenting situations, we'll evaluate team processes and identify areas for improvement. I strive for excellence in every project I take on, especially if it impacts my performance that could be affected by others. This is a strength in that I drive the team performance to align to excellence, but it can also be a weakness as some may perceive it to be micromanaging, especially in a virtual setting. Establishing smart sheets or another SharePoint project platform for visibility to all will hold everyone accountable without the need to check on team members' work.

In the performing stage, there is a sense of satisfaction and confidence in the team's progress (Stein, n.d.). There is good problem-solving, fluid roles, and an overall appreciation of differences (Stein, n.d.). They will have made significant progress toward goals and continuous improvement (Stein, n.d.).

In the final stage - adjourning, team members may feel anxiety, sadness, and satisfaction as the team prepares to disband (Stein, n.d.). Behaviours may change to a mixed focus on tasks, which shows varying levels of productivity (Stein, n.d.). The team will complete the remaining work, the leader will evaluate the team's performance, and celebrate accomplishments (Stein, n.d.). The perception of micromanaging tasks may resurface as I strive to ensure that all loose ends are tied up before the project concludes. However, I'll also focus on trusting the team to handle the remaining tasks independently and providing them with the support they need to transition smoothly from the project.

Reference:

Stein, J. (n.d.). Using the stages of Team Development. MIT Human Resources. https://hr.mit.edu/learning-topics/teams/articles/stages-development

Post 2

Hello class,

The position of the project manager in the project management will be more than to just coordinate; they will be acting as the instrument in building high-performance teams which are likely to deliver successful results.The five-stage model of project team development is a heuristic that helps us to realize how things evolve herein. On the one hand, the forming stage sets the ground rules for the team where members come to have the knowledge of the project goals and roles.On the other hand, once teams enter the storming phase existing conflicts can erupt, which should be resolved by means of conflict resolution and clarifying the functions of each team member contributing to the team's continuity and effectiveness. Moving forward the norming period of the team building creates the rules and expectations in bring co-operation and trust among its members.Once the foundation is settled, such teams launch the performing phase, where they display maximum efficiency and excellent results. However, when the adjourning stage takes place, this calls for assessment on lessons learned, plus allows the team to reflect on this and even celebrate the achievements. The act of analyzing personal leadership strengths and weaknesses pinpoints learning points.Clearly, and the communication I have with my team members, as well as my problem-solving and my empathy skills, are all strengths of mine. Nonetheless, one must acknowledge that there is still room for improvement in areas such as delegation and time management. In the end, learning how to delegate tasks successfully comes to fore as the top priority. Such skill can mobilize team members and help to maximize efficiency of the operations. Virtual teams pose a wide spectrum of issues that call for the adoption of preventive measures.The accurate communication, confidence building, and time management become vital in forming a collaborative team and making the virtual work effective across space and time. By employing the five-stage model of project team development and considering personal leadership strengths and weaknesses, a project manager can effectively deal with complicatedness, develop a high-performance team, and ensure trial success. Thank you. Post 3

Hi everyone, The five stages of team formation according to Tuckman are:

Forming- An exciting stage where roles are assigned, team members get to know one another, and the intentions of the project are laid out. This is an important stage for setting communication standards and defining team dynamics. Storming- Frustration occurs when the project's difficult decisions and tasks are laid out, and delays can stall progress. The team may find it difficult to work together due to varying work standards and preferences. Conflict resolution is crucial at this stage to keep communication flowing and identify hurdles. Norming-Team members resolve their issues and begin to work together cohesively. Communication becomes more natural, and the project begins to progress at a steady pace. Performing- The team begins to hit their stride, excelling in their roles and achieving all of the tasks with little to no conflict and high levels of communication. Adjourning- When projects come to an end, the team must conduct Post-Mortem reports to reflect on their processes, and identify strengths and weaknesses in their work. Recognition and accountability are crucial at this stage(Stein, 2023)

As a leader, I have a tendency to struggle with conflict resolution. I feel uncomfortable being in a position of power over other team members, and I struggle to express myself as either too passive or too aggressive. I know that I need to improve on my communication abilities and be assertive in decision making. Where I excel is in recognition and in encouraging collaboration among team members. I feel that I bring a good attitude and can instill a positive culture. I feel that virtual teams are more difficult to connect with, and communication can be much more challenging. Prioritizing these areas for improvement will aid in team development in both virtual and in person teams.

Thanks!

References:

Stein , J. (2023, March 23). Using the stages of Team Development. MIT Human Resources. https://hr.mit.edu/learning-topics/teams/articles/stages-development