norming
- noun
- Jargon
- Effective norming within the organization helped improve communication and collaboration among members.
Examples
-
As the team emerges from the unrest of the storming stage and enters the norming phase, work becomes more focused and the objectives more clear.
Academic text (1996) -
Compare student scores with norming criteria to get a specific sense of how individual students regard themselves in terms of the four scales.
Academic text (2012) -
I do have a problem with the norming that goes on surrounding such activities.
Blog text (18) -
I am sure that the cultural norming was a typical human church member response to societal issues.
Blog text (18) -
For example, one participant shared that, "I try to have the groups understand the functions of team formations: storming, norming, forming, and performing, and what the challenges are at each level."
Academic text (2014) -
The team spent several weeks in the norming stage to establish shared goals and expectations.
-
After the initial confusion, the group focused on norming to create a supportive and productive environment.
Synonyms
Making things follow the same rules so they match
Making rules so things are the same
The process of making a new idea or product accepted and used by most people
Making something legal or accepted by most people
Antonyms
How Regulated
Surface Forms
Morphology
norming = norm (transparent) = norm + ing
Standard nominalization from the verb 'norm' meaning 'to establish standards', producing the process of establishing shared norms.
Etymology
Norming comes from norm, from Latin norma meaning a carpenter's 'rule' or 'square', and it shares the root of normal. Think of builders using a square to set straight lines—so norming is about creating shared rules or standards that people in a group agree to follow.