Question

Vanessa is appointed as the project manager for a project on new product development at Glacier Inc. After selecting employees from different functional areas to work with as a team, she conducts a meeting with the new team members so that they can get to know each other. Following a brief interaction session, Vanessa presents the team norms to them. This scenario illustrates that Vanessa's team is in the _____ stage of team development.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is "Forming"

Explanation:

Vanessa is appointed as the project manager for a project on new product development at Glacier Inc. After selecting employees from different functional areas to work with as a team, she conducts a meeting with the new team members so that they can get to know each other. Following a brief interaction session, Vanessa presents the team norms to them. This scenario illustrates that Vanessa's team is in the Forming stage of team development.

The stages of team formation are Forming, storming, norming and performing

 

Forming is the stage is when the team members are polite and very positive, sometimes the team are anxious because they haven't understood what the team will do.