The film “12 Angry Men” provides an in-depth view of the various stages of team development, breaking down each stage and revealing the intricacies and difficulties of uniting persons from various walk of life into a team.
This group of men were established to deliberate on a young mans fate. Juror one definied the intial assignment when he sat the other jurors around the table according to their numbers. This gave juror one the leadershitp role when it comes to getting order among them. Henry Fonda was the only juror that understood or even cared about the braod scope and objective of this appointed project. Eleven of the men were convinced of the convicts guilt. This could have been because these eleven men just wanted this case to be over. Fonda, who was juror number eight, was not ready to send this boy to the electric chair so fast. Sparking the initial conflict in conversation now gives him the leadership role. Now the eleven men had to give Fonda a chance to speak and intern they had to
listen. This is the point where the group moved into the storming stage.
The first is when the “Yankees fan” juror succeeds in repairing the fan, which symbolized the jurors’ comin together to function as a unit. The second is then the “hostile” juror unleashed his wrath on Fonda’s character and the other jurors surround Fonda’s character in a seemingly protective circle. The third point that depicts the norming state is when the “hostile” juror demonstrated how the victim was stabbed. Nearly all of the other jurors are gathered toghether on the other side of the room, and they all react together when they believe the “hostile” juror is going to hurt Henry Fonda’s character.
Now it is clear that the jurors are coming together. They are realizing that it is necessary to listen to everyone’s opinion in order for a final verdict to be made. This team has finally moved to the performing stage. The performing stage and the adfourning stages accur rapidly, but they are very sign