The author of this article compares a dysfunctional structure of organizations with our healthiness. We would rather describe such processes in “steps of escalation of conflicts” and “circle of conflict” e.g.- in our conflict analyses- but beside the naming – this is exactly our experience in internal organization conflicts: they usually won`t disappear themselves and without the right intervention, the situation will get worse and at one point the “unhealthy” behavior will take over.

http://www.hrreview.co.uk/analysis/analysis-hr-news/most-common-business-behaviours-that-damage-organisational-health/52268