Thorndike referred to this as the law of effect. In simple terms, Thorndike explains that if a certain stimulus/behavior has a favorable consequence, the subject will want to repeat this behavior. If it continues to have a favorable consequence then the subject will continue to repeat this behavior until it becomes a continuous pattern. The opposite applies to behaviors that have unfavorable consequences, the subject in question will associate the unfavorable consequence with the behavior and cease performing the behavior. The worse the consequence, the faster the subject will stop the behavior.
The process is the core of each and every organization and is a fundamental activity that is performed by each and every organization and the individual. For the organization to achieve its work and there targets on time.
There were more bodies in the asteroid belt in the past, but impacts & the gravitational tug of Jupiter pulled some bodies away & kept the remaining debris spread out, thereby preventing it from ever coming together to create a planet.