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An 8 page paper. The paper begins with a very brief synopsis of this film. The writer reports and explains the stages in the group development process. How these stages re observed in the Dead Poets Society is explained with examples from the movie. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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at a prep academy in 1959. It is a conservative school with classes and teachers being rather boring to sharp students. But then, Mr. Keating comes to teach English and
Poetry and he turns the institution on its ear. The story is primarily about Mr. Keating and his seven students in poetry class. Keating wants the boys to think for
themselves and to live life fully. Carpe Diem! Seize the day! Or Live life to its fullest. The boys reinstitute the Dead Poets Society, a secret club that meets
in a cave. Keating belonged to that society as a student himself. They read poetry in their secret meetings that are held very late in the night. Over time,
these boys become a very cohesive group. Keating is the catalyst for them. To understand how these boys in a ivy league high school become a cohesive group, it is
necessary to understand the group development process. Just as humans transition through different developmental stages as they grow and mature from infancy, so does a group. A serious error
many organizations still make today is thinking they can assign individuals to a group and expect that group to function effectively and efficiently. That outcome is seldom achieved without knowledge
and training in the group development process. Studying groups in the 1960s, Tuckman observed that groups of individuals transition through a developmental process before they can become a cohesive group.
Tuckman identified five stages in group development that he named: "forming, storming, norming, performance, and adjournment" (Tuckman, 1965, p. 384). These stages reflect group dynamics because they explain what happens
and how it happens in the group. Tuckman described these stages thusly: 1. Forming is the time when the individuals first assemble together. It is at this time, they
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