Identify the correct developmental sequence in the formation of a group, as given by Tuckman.
(A) Forming → Storming → Adjourning → Performing → Norming
(B) Forming → Storming → Norming → Performing → Adjourning
(C) Performing → Storming → Norming → Forming → Adjourning
(D) Performing → Adjourning → Storming → Norming → Forming
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B)
Tuckman suggested that groups pass through five developmental sequences: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning.
(A) Forming → Storming → Adjourning → Performing → Norming Incorrect. Adjourning, the stage in which the group is disbanded once its work is over, cannot come before performing and norming.
(B) Forming → Storming → Norming → Performing → Adjourning Correct. Members first meet amid uncertainty (forming); then comes intragroup conflict about the goal and leadership (storming); norms of group behaviour develop next (norming); the group then works towards its goal (performing); and some groups, such as a committee for a school function, are disbanded at the end (adjourning).
(C) Performing → Storming → Norming → Forming → Adjourning Incorrect. A group cannot perform before it is formed; forming is always the first stage.
(D) Performing → Adjourning → Storming → Norming → Forming Incorrect. This sequence runs almost backwards, ending with forming, the stage at which a group begins.
NCERT (2025-26): “Nature and Formation of Groups … Groups usually go through different stages of formation, conflict, stabilisation, performance, and dismissal. Tuckman suggested that groups pass through five developmental sequences. These are: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning.
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