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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Punctuate Equilibrium Model

In the last byte, we looked at the performing and adjourning stages. In today's byte, we look at the Punctuate Equilibrium Model.

While studying Tuckman's mode of “forming-norming-storming-performing-adjourning" it is easy to get an illation that group formation is a linear process. In reality however, this is not the case - the conflicts are not timed. Different conflicts could happen at different times.

It was Connie Gersick who proposed that groups do not necessarily progress linearly from one step to another in a pre-determined sequence byte alternate between period of inertia where there is little progress towards goal achievement and this is punctuated by bursts of high energy and activity where most of the work gets done.

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