The purpose of this paper is to observe how the football team from the movie "Remember the Titans" came together to become an effective team. I will first go over how the Titans go through the four stages of becoming a team, as specified in Tuckman's Group Development Theory. Those four stages are forming, storming, norming, and performing. I will then discuss how the Titans are a high performance team, defined by Doug Howell.
Tuckman's Group Development Theory
The first stage of becoming a team is norming, which is everyone coming together with shared goals. This took place at the beginning of the movie when two groups of different races were merged into a single team. They undoubtedly were not a team when they initially came together, but …show more content…
This is a challenging step in the process which consists of the group recognizing their problems and differences, figuring out how to communicate, and fighting over leadership. This was particularly demanding for the Titans because their team was now combined with white and black players, which they were the only team with both races. Throughout this time period, blacks were still looked down upon and the blacks still resented the white folks. This triggered much conflict within their group, especially because each group had a leader prior to being merged into a team. Gerry and Julius were the two main leaders and they both focused more on their differences than they did their similarities.
The third step is norming. This is more of a turning point when the players begin to agree upon their roles and begin to negotiate. This point for the Titans could be mostly contributed to the team meeting called by Bleu, Gerry, and Julius. These three finally swallowed their pride and understood they had the same long term goals and needed to work together. At the meeting, they argued about how things needed to change if they wanted to keep playing. It was a success in bringing them all together and symbols the point in the movie where the Titans begin win games and play together with real
Tuckman's Group Development Theory
The first stage of becoming a team is norming, which is everyone coming together with shared goals. This took place at the beginning of the movie when two groups of different races were merged into a single team. They undoubtedly were not a team when they initially came together, but …show more content…
This is a challenging step in the process which consists of the group recognizing their problems and differences, figuring out how to communicate, and fighting over leadership. This was particularly demanding for the Titans because their team was now combined with white and black players, which they were the only team with both races. Throughout this time period, blacks were still looked down upon and the blacks still resented the white folks. This triggered much conflict within their group, especially because each group had a leader prior to being merged into a team. Gerry and Julius were the two main leaders and they both focused more on their differences than they did their similarities.
The third step is norming. This is more of a turning point when the players begin to agree upon their roles and begin to negotiate. This point for the Titans could be mostly contributed to the team meeting called by Bleu, Gerry, and Julius. These three finally swallowed their pride and understood they had the same long term goals and needed to work together. At the meeting, they argued about how things needed to change if they wanted to keep playing. It was a success in bringing them all together and symbols the point in the movie where the Titans begin win games and play together with real