The manual states that there are four major functional tasks that groups must accomplish to remain in balance. The first task is integration, ensuring that group members fit together. It took a few meetings for the task force members to get to know each other and learn to work together as a task force. The next task is adaptation, which involves ensuring that groups change to cope with the demands of their environment. A member who was not a natural leader was assigned the role of leader. Members who were natural leaders were asked to take on a different role and let someone else lead them. It took some time for the band members to adjust to these changes and take on a role they were not comfortable playing. The third task is model maintenance, ensuring that groups define and maintain their core goals, identities, and procedures. The basic objective of the working group was to work together to create a proposal on an agreed topic. To do this, the leader had to set an agenda each week, assign tasks to members each week, and keep the group on topic during meetings. The group maintained its identity by keeping each person's assigned role, working through conflicts, and completing their assigned task each week. This allowed the group to stay together and grow throughout their time together. The final task is the achievement of objectives, ensuring that groups continue and complete their tasks. To accomplish this task, the leader had to hold members accountable when an assigned task was not accomplished. This also meant that the group had to collaborate and work together to finalize the proposal. By completing the four tasks of systems theory, the group was able to remain in a state of