The goal seeking structure endeavors to bring a balance between a current state and a desired state. This is one of the two foundation archetypes. The other being the growth structure. There is also a video for this model which is component of the Systems Archetypes Course.

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Eroding Goals shares a basic similarity with Shifting the Burden - the dynamic tension between a symptomatic solution and a fundamental one. In the case of Eroding Goals, managers are faced with performance that fails to meet a stated goal. 

Systemswiki AIAC Archetype Eroding Goals

A Tragedy of the Commons situation exists whenever two or more activities, each, which in order to produce results, rely on a shared limited resource. Results for these activities continue to develop as long as their use of the limited resource doesn't exceed the resource limit. Once this limit is reached the results produced by each activity are limited to the level at which the resource is replenished. As an example, consider multiple departments with an organization using IT resources, until they've exhausted IT capacity.

Archetype Tragedy Of The Commons

The goal seeking structure endeavors to bring a balance between a current state and a desired state. This is one of the two foundation archetypes. The other being the growth structure. There is also a video for this model which is component of the Systems Archetypes Course.

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A Fixes that Fail structure is one where the applied fix makes things better for a while and then things go awry.
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Perspective Archetype Fixes That Fail

A Fixes that Fail structure is one where the applied fix makes things better for a while and then things go awry.

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Archetype Fixes That Fail Systems KeLE Perspectives

When time and budget are tight, it's tempting to follow the "happy path" in testing. But be careful: it may be a path that brings your program great unhappiness. From William E. Novak and  Linda Levine CMU SEI Sept 2010 Success in Acquisition: Using Archetypes to Beat the Odds paper and see webpage

Archetype Technology EHealth

Archetype Accidental Adversaries Systems KeLE Perspectives

With two different ways to address a situation with one being easier and faster which do you think gets implemented? The problem is that taking the easy path makes it harder to take the longer term solution.
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Archetype Shifting The Burden Systems KeLE Perspectives

A goal seeking structure with delay can be responsible for behavior that's quite difficult to intuit.
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Archetype Goal Seeking With Delay Systems KeLE Perspectives

Reinforcing Loop/SFD Simulation allow one to experience the explicit implications of the interactions.

Reinforcing Loop Archetype Sfd

A Growth and Underinvestment structure is simply an elaborated Limits to Growth structure where the growth inhibitor is part of another Balancing Loop with an external standard and some delay. The real nasty thing about this structure is that the two Balancing Loops form a single Reinforcing Loop which inhibits growth.

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Archetype Growth & Underinvestment Systems KeLE Perspectives

The Limits to Growth Archetype demonstrates the manner in which initial growth may be slowed over time by a limiting factor.
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Archetype Limits To Growth Systems KeLE Perspectives

With two different ways to address a situation with one being easier and faster which do you think gets implemented? The problem is that taking the easy path makes it harder to take the longer term solution.
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Archetype Shifting The Burden Systems KeLE Perspectives

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Systemswiki AIAC Archetype Fixes That Fail

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With two different ways to address a situation with one being easier and faster which do you think gets implemented? The problem is that taking the easy path makes it harder to take the longer term solution.
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Archetype Shifting The Burden Perspectives

A Fixes that Fail structure is one where the applied fix makes things better for a while and then things go awry.

Understanding Relationship and Their Implications: The Essence of AND?

Archetype Fixes That Fail Systems KeLE Perspectives

An Addiction structure is the same as the Shifting the Burden structure though with the annoying aspect that one becomes addicted to the side effect ensuring that Fundamental Solution won't get implemented and the Symptomatic Solution will be applied repeatedly, and likely with greater frequency.
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Archetype Addiction Systems KeLE Perspectives

A Tragedy of the Commons situation exists whenever two or more activities, each, which in order to produce results, rely on a shared limited resource. Results for these activities continue to develop as long as their use of the limited resource doesn't exceed the resource limit. Once this limit is reached the results produced by each activity are limited to the level at which the resource is replenished.
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Archetype Tragedy Of The Commons Systems KeLE Perspectives

The Limits to Growth Archetype demonstrates the manner in which initial growth may be slowed over time by a limiting factor.
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Archetype Limits To Growth Systems KeLE Perspectives

Reinforcing Loop/SFD Simulation allow one to experience the explicit implications of the interactions.

Reinforcing Loop Archetype Sfd

With two different ways to address a situation with one being easier and faster which do you think gets implemented? The problem is that taking the easy path makes it harder to take the longer term solution.
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Archetype Shifting The Burden Systems KeLE Perspectives

The Exponential Growth Archetype is one of the two foundation archetypes. The other being the goal seeking structure.
Understanding Relationship and Their Implications: The Essence of AND?

Archetype Exponential Growth Perspective