Roxanne is the project manager for a start-up company that is developing to extract more oil from of an oil well after it has been classified as being dry. Abigail, Duncan, Nancy, and Robert are the four members Roxanne’s project team. The team has never worked with each other on any other project within the company. Assume that Abigail and Nancy are good friends, whereas Duncan and Robert have never met or worked with each other. Abigail and Robert have worked on some projects within the company, whereas Duncan and Nancy are new to the company.
Explain the five stages of team development. Given the information in the previous paragraph, discuss some of the problems that could occur as the team progress from four individuals to an actual team.