Archetype-BehaviorPairsArchetypeStorylineBehaviorOverTimeDriftingGoalsGAPGoalPressuretoLowerGoalB2OSSCorrectiveActionGoalB1OSSDelayThe“DriftingGoals”archetypestatesthatagapbetweenagoalandanactualconditioncanberesolvedintwoways:bytakingcorrectiveactiontoachievethegoal,orbyloweringthegoal.Ithypothesizesthatwheneverthereisagapbetweenthegoalandactual,thegoalisloweredtoclosethegap.Overtime,thecontinualloweringofthegoalwillleadtograduallydeterioratingperformance.GoalActualGapTimeEscalationB2SSActivitybyAB’sResultActivitybyBThreattoAB1OSSResultsofARelativetoBThreattoBA’sResultSOSThe“Escalation”archetypeoccurswhenoneparty’sactionsareperceivedbyanotherpartytobeathreat,andthesecondpartyrespondsinasimilarmanner,furtherincreasingthethreat.Ithypothesizesthatthetwobalancingloopswillcreateareinforcingfigure-8effect,resultinginthreateningactionsbybothpartiesthatgrowexponentiallyovertime.PartyA’sActionsPartyB’sActionsTimeFixesThatFailProblemSymptomFixB1OSSUnintendedConsequenceSR2The“FixesThatFail”archetypestatesthatasolutionusedtosolveaproblemsymptomquicklycanhaveunintendedconsequencesthatexacerbatetheproblem.Ithypothesizesthattheproblemsymptomwilldiminishforashortwhileandthenreturntoitspreviouslevel,orbecomeevenworseovertime.“Fix”AppliedUnintendedConsequenceTimeProblemSymptomGrowthandUnderinvestmentB2SGrowingActionPerceivedNeedtoInvestPerformanceStandardCapacityR1OSSDemandPerformanceInvestmentinCapacitySOSSB3SDelayThe“GrowthandUnderinvestment”archetypeapplieswhengrowthapproachesalimitthatcanbeovercomeifcapacityinvestmentsaremade.Ifasystembecomesstretchedbeyonditslimit,however,itwillcompensatebyloweringperformancestandards,whichreducestheperceivedneedforcapacityinvestments.Italsoleadstolowerperformance,whichfurtherjustifiesunderinvestmentovertime.PerformanceStandardsTimeCapacityInvestmentsGrowthp:\...\material\graphics\sysarch1.doc5/4/20255/4/2025ArchetypeStorylineBehaviorOverTimeLimitstoSuccessB2SEffortsConstraintLimitingActionR1SPerformanceSOSThe“LimitstoSuccess”archetypestatesthatareinforcingprocessofacceleratinggrowth(orexpansion)willencounterabalancingprocessasthelimitofthatsystemisapproached.Ithypothesizesthatcontinuingeffortswillproducediminishingreturnsasoneapproachesthelimit.EffortsTimePerformanceShiftingtheBurden/AddictionProblemSymptomSymptomaticSolutionSide-EffectB2OSSFundamentalSolutionB1OSDelayR1The“ShiftingtheBurden”archetypestatesthataproblemsymptomcanberesolvedinoneoftwoways:asymptomaticsolutionorafundamentalsolution.Ithypothesizesthatonceasymptomaticsolutionisused,italleviatestheproblemsymptomandreducespressuretoimplementamorefundamentalsolution.Thesymptomaticsolutionalsoproducesasideeffectthatsystematicallyunderminestheabilitytodevelopafundamentalsolutionorcapability.TimeSymptomaticSolutionFundamentalSolutionPerformanceSymptomSuccesstotheSuccessfulR2SuccessofASuccessofBResourcestoBR1SAllocationtoAInsteadofBSOSResourcestoAOSThe“SuccesstotheSuccessful”archetypestatesthatifonepersonorgroup(A)isgivenmoreresourcesthananotherequallycapablegroup(B),Ahasahigherlikelihoodofsucceeding.IthypothesizesthatA’sinitialsuccessjustifiesdevotingmoreresourcestoA,furtherwideningtheperformancegapbetweenthetwogroupsovertime.TimeA’sPerformanceB’sPerformanceTragedyoftheCommonsTotalActivityNetGainsforAResourceLimitB4SSSNetGainsforBB3SSDelayR1GainperIndividualActiivtyA’sActivityB’sActivityR2SOSSSThe“TragedyoftheCommons”archetypeidentifiesthecasualconnectionsbetweenindividualactionsandthecollectiveresults(inaclosedsystem).Ithypothesizesthatiftheindividualuseofacommonresourcebecomestoogreatforthesystemtosupport,thecommonswillbecomeoverloadedordepletedandeveryonewillexperiencediminishingbenefits.TimeGainperIndividualActivityA’sActivityB’sActivityp:\...\material\graphics\sysarch1.doc5/4/20255/4/2025
