3.3 Summary of Section 3

In this section we have given some advice and guidance on how virtual teams develop based on Tuckman’s model of team development. Understanding the stages by which teams develop can help stop a team from overreacting to normal problems that arise in teams as members learn to work together, to cooperate and collaborate in completing the task that they have been set. But in common with other situations in which you are working with people, patience is essential.