Group Development: Theory and Practice

3 Abstract: This study explored that the stages proposed by group development theorists are followed in the same sequence or not, the change that group members have felt being the part of the group as well as how group moved from one transition to other transition. The models used as a foundation for this study includes Tuckman (1965) and Bennis and Shepherd (1956). The sample used for this study includes 22 people including both male and female who were divided into two groups and the time duration for these groups was six days. These participants were from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and USA. The emphasis was placed on the sequence that was followed by these groups and changes being occurred in groups at different stages. The results showed that it is not necessary that the specific sequence is followed and same behavior is being shown by the groups as was shown by the groups being employed by the group development theorists but it depends upon the work settings, group composition, group duration and the task to be accomplished.