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Which statement about the later addition of the adjourning stage to Tuckman's model is correct?

Adjourning applies when a team is disbanded after completing its task. Members may feel loss or anxiety about the future, so the leader should recognise achievements. It is not about productivity, which is performing, or leadership competition, which belongs to storming.

  1. AIt applies when a team is disbanded on completing its task, and members may feel loss or anxietyCorrect
  2. BIt occurs between forming and storming when members first meet
  3. CIt describes a team that has become highly productive and self-managing
  4. DIt is the stage where members compete for leadership of the team

Explanation

Adjourning was added later and covers the break-up of a team once its task is complete. Members may feel a sense of loss and the leader should recognise achievements. Self-managing productivity is performing, and competition for leadership is storming.

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