Leadership and Teams Workgroups and work teams are important tools that companies can use during the decision-making process. Much is important in the training and leadership of a work group so that they can have positive results. Through the formation of a working group, a company will be able to use the resources of its employees' skills and leadership experience to achieve the result of a workable solution to solve complex ideas or improve efficiency. It may seem like a simple concept, but you need to explore everything about forming a team, as well as the leadership theory used to lead the team, to ultimately understand how complex this situation can really be. Before a group can begin to function for the desired purpose, the group must first be formed. Team membership is selected to ensure sufficient breadth and depth of technical expertise (Fitzpatrick, 2000). During the formation phase the group defines its purpose and leadership structure. It is during this process that the group is poorly organized and lacks a sense of direction and leadership. After the group is formed, the group will go through a storm phase in which the group's uncertainty will be addressed by selecting leaders and clearly describing what the group needs to do. It is during this period that a leadership hierarchy is defined and through this act the group stabilizes and allows the next phase to take place. As a result, the normalization phase begins and during this phase the group begins to form relationships and cohesion among group members thus allowing the group to assimilate to a normal operational state. Once the group has normalized and leadership takes control, the gr...... middle of document...... (Order No. 1403181, University of Arizona).ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 119-119 pages. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/304580970?accountid=38569. (304580970).Pool, S. W. (1996). The path-goal theory of organizational leadership: An empirical analysis of leader behavior integrating leader substitute theory. (Order No. 9623184, University of Akron). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 202-202 p. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/304301329?accountid=38569. (304301329). Indvik, J. (1985). A PATH-GOAL THEORY AN INVESTIGATION ON SUPERIOR-SUBORDINATE RELATIONSHIPS (LEADERSHIP, DOWNWARD COMMUNICATION, SUPERVISION, ORGANISATION). (Order No. 8524271, University of Wisconsin - Madison). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 331-331 p. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/303377993?accountid=38569. (303377993).