CodeGiant Inc. is a startup company that specializes in software development. Th
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Question
CodeGiant Inc. is a startup company that specializes in software development. The government levies a sales tax of 7.5% on the sale of the company’s services. Mathew, the company’s CTO, decides to introduce a new functional structure that will reduce the time taken to develop each software. He believes that this will reduce the company’s costs and compensate for the taxes. When he presents his idea to the company’s investors, they become apprehensive that such changes may lead to internal conflicts. The respective department heads are also apprehensive because they do not know whether they will fit into the new structure. They question the validity of Mathew’s suggestion. Which of the following stages of the group development process does this scenario portray??
?Storming
?Norming
?Adjourning
?Forming
Explanation / Answer
Answer: (A) Storming
Explanation: Storming is the second stage of group development process. This stage occurs just after the Forming stage which is the initial step of the group development. In Storming stage, the group members start identifying their roles, become settled within the group and gain confidence in raising important questions on several issues with the group members. The conflict and competition within the group is highest at the Storming stage.
In the given scenario, both the company’s investors and respective department heads have raised their apprehensions regarding the success of the new functional structure that company’s CTO Mathew has introduced. They question the validity of Mathew’s suggestion. Hence, the scenario portray the storming stage of the group development process.