How work moves between people and systems.
Mechanism
Shared Work Environment
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Local Adjustments
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Behavioral Coordination
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Temporary Stability
Coordination Can Emerge Before Alignment
Work often becomes coordinated before it becomes aligned.
People adjust behavior to keep activity moving.
These adjustments stabilize activity even when shared interpretation remains incomplete.
Behavioral Synchronization
People observe pacing and expectations.
They adapt accordingly.
These adaptations create coordination patterns.
System Position
Dynamics → Coordination
Coordination stabilizes activity.
Over time, responsibility begins settling within the system.
Next Mechanism: Responsibility
This page describes structural coordination dynamics within environments.
