Adjourning

Who Said All Good Things Must Come to an End? Answer, “the person who said that all good things must come to an end was Geoffrey Chaucer in the year 1374. He is known as the father of English literature and a poet of the middle ages. It spread to the United States in around 1680 where it became altered with addition of some words in the United States around 1680”  (Ask, 2013). Adjourning tells a group it is time to go our separate ways. I believe the high-performing groups were the hardest to leave, because, they were the ones who really put a lot of time and effort into the event. We closed with a buffet breakfast for everyone in the group, as we do every year after the event. I think I will adjourn from the group of colleagues I have formed while working on my master’s degree in this program, with anticipation for myself and colleagues. I imagine I will stay in touch with my colleagues and look forward to working with them on future endeavors. Adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork because it is a time for celebrating all of the teamwork and collaborating that made the event happen.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 8, 2013 at 8:05 PM

    I agree that the adjourning phase is an important step in the group process. As social beings, we look to rituals, ceremonies and mutual experiences to mark passage. Birthdays, weddings, funerals, graduations ceremonies and ribbon cuttings are all events that we have constructed to share milestones with our groups, and I think they fill a socio-emotional need. It makes sense that smaller events and groups would benefit from smaller adjourning ceremonies or events.

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