Structure influences behavior

The structure in which people exist and function has a shaping (constraining or empowering) effect on their behavior.

When placed in the same system, people, however different, tend to produce similar results.[1]

This is because System structure produces behavior revealed as events over time.


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See also:


  1. The Fifth Discipline – Senge (2010), ch. 3, § “Structure influences behavior.” ↩︎