Kangaroo (Scenario)
Kangaroo Manufacturing Co. has been utilizing groups to improve their manufacturing process. The groups have been starting and stopping for the last 3 years. Some of the most successful groups were together for only a few months and others have been together for over a year and a half with little to no success. Management has requested your consulting expertise in determining why there were varied successes and failures. Your analysis of the system indicates that part of the explanation for the diversity of results could simply be the development stage of the group.
-Group B has been meeting for one month and is seen as having some difficulty in establishing its leader. At least three individuals are qualified to keep the group's focus on its objectives and in an orderly manner, but the group hasn't concluded as to which person will lead. Group B is at the ________stage.

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The situation described in the scenario, where members of the group are fighting for leadership, indicates that the group is still in the storming stage. In this stage, members may experience conflict and competition as they try to establish their position within the group. Only after this stage is resolved can the group move on to norming and performing.

Kangaroo (Scenario) Kangaroo Manufacturing Co. Has Been Utilizing Groups to Improve Their