Does your organization focus too much on the short term? Do you often use quick fixes? Do you find yourself saying, "We've been in this mess before"? Systems Archetype Basics, the second volume in The Pegasus Workbook Series, introduces you to eight systems archetypes recurring systemic "stories" that crop up in all organizations. Like Systems Thinking Basics, this new resource offers detailed explanations, examples, and practice activities to help you recognize the archetypes and intervene. Use Systems Archetype Basics to address the most pressing challenges of organizational life today.

TABLE OF CONTENTS :

Section 1 : About the Systems Archetypes
Section 2 : Fixes that Fail
Section 3 : Shifting the Burden
Section 4 : Limits to Success
Section 5 : Drifting Goals
Section 6 : Growth and Underinvestment
Section 7 : Success to the Successful
Section 8 : Escalation
Section 9 :Tragedy of the Commons
Section10: Using Archetypal Structures
Section11:Additional Learning Activities

Appendix A: Potential Responses to the Learning Activities
Appendix B: A Palette of Systems Thinking Tools
Appendix C: Systems Archetypes at a Glance
Appendix D: Additional Resources
Appendix E: A Glossary of Systems Thinking Terms