Group Maturity in a Teacher Centre Policy Board

Examines group maturation process as described by the genre. The research also employed a decision‐making model to identify factors which influenced group maturation. A review of the literature revealed that there has been little research on group maturation in administrative decision‐making groups in educational organizations. In order to explore group maturation in an educational setting, the policy board of a teacher centre consortium was studied over the course of a year. The research methods employed were ethnographic. The findings of the study showed that groups may mature following patterns associated with those of the theoretical framework, but that certain factors associated with group decision making may influence group maturation.