Relevance of Team Stages in Singapore Culture plays a critical role in determining how members of a society, a business, or other groups will interact. Due to globalization expansion, understanding of cultural practices has become increasingly important. Globalization has also increased the complexities of working as a team as evidenced by advanced technology, virtual team communications, and a spread of geographical locations. Formation of effective teams has often proved challenging and spurred the identification by Bruce Tuckman of five stages most teams will experience. This paper will evaluate each of the five stages and then compare the relevance of each stage to Singaporean Culture, and more specifically, Singapore Airlines.
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The first group is a cross functional team, entailing a group of people convening for the purpose of achieving a specific goal and then terminating. The second group is a standing team., meaning the group is formed naturally by individuals who share a common purpose of continuous improvement towards a series of goals (Burns, 1995). The commonality between both types of teams is the shared purpose of members to achieve an end goal together. The study of teams has revealed a five-step process coined by Bruce Tuckman as involving the following: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning (Betts & Healy, …show more content…
In the case of a team that will be disbanded, team dissolution may foster strong emotions of sadness or anxiety (Betts & Healy, 2015). However, if the team will remain in contact, this stage may just signal the beginning of another phase the team will pursue together. The adjourning stage may or may not occur as SIA employees transition to other employment. Because of the quality training received, many organizations are eager to hire SIA employees (Heracleous & Wirtz, 2010). Hence, the team identity associated with SIA employees remains through career evolution.
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In conclusion, the five stages of team orientation include forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Application of these five stages to Singapore culture, and specifically SIA, reveals the storming stage to be absent. This is largely due to Confucian beliefs and standards of hierarchy, harmony, and loyalty. Correspondingly, SIA promotes a team environment through vast training, bonus incentives, and well-defined organizational goals. As a result, SIA has achieved immense success, drawing quality employee candidates and producing superior aspirants for other types of
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... resolution via coaching, constructive criticism and positive actions. Additional measures may need to be taken should behavioral issues persist to include the termination of team membership and/or repercussions for non-active participation. Resolving negative issues by turning performance around can only be accomplished when team members clearly understand their role within the team and the importance of their participation. This occurs with the encouragement and support of all team members; hence team morale improves in addition to team productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
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