Group Developement

Group Development
Group development is largely influenced by socialization of new members to a group. Newcomers model their behavior off what the older members do, so how older members behave will influence the development of the group. Most groups develop and take action based off of an awareness of time and deadlines. Groups typically go through bouts of inactivity intermixed with starts and stops.

Pitfalls of poor socialization:

 * Suppressing potential contributions of newcomers to group.
 * Creating a lot of turnover
 * Group instability