Carrie is from the marketing department and she has become increasingly upset with the attitude of the production member of the project team, Andrew. He seems to either ignore her opinions or make disparaging comments every time she speaks, usually referring to marketing in an unpleasant way. Which stage of group development is the project team addressing, as evidenced by the interactions of Carrie and Andrew?

a. Norming

b. Performing

c. Storming

d. Adjourning

c. Storming

Explanation:

Storming is the second stage in the Tuckman's model. This is the stage when the team disagreement arise. The teams after forming are bring together on a table to discuss the ideas. At this stage many teams fail due to conflicts in their ideas and opinions. Carrie is also facing such problem. The project team needs to work together and gather ideas from every one to work best way. Andrew never respects opinions of Carrie and the conversation between them end in unpleasant way. This is storming stage which Carrie and Andrew are facing.

The correct option is storming, option C

Explanation:

Storming is that stage in group formation when group members' work styles begin to conflict with each other, it is a very critical stage in group formation in that if these conflicts are not properly analyzed and managed, it might signal the beginning of failure.

It is a stage where clarity sets in, people begin to see what roles they would occupy, hence begin to jostle for leadership.

It very clear that Carrie's work pattern is not in tandem with Andrew's, in other words, the wayout would be for a group leader to wade in, in order that the conflict can be resolved amicably in a timely fashion.