The Challenger Launch Decision

The Challenger Launch Decision
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 600
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ISBN-10 : 9780226851761
ISBN-13 : 0226851761
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Book Synopsis The Challenger Launch Decision by : Diane Vaughan

Download or read book The Challenger Launch Decision written by Diane Vaughan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of Figures and TablesPreface1: The Eve of the Launch 2: Learning Culture, Revising History 3: Risk, Work Group Culture, and the Normalization of Deviance 4: The Normalization of Deviance, 1981-1984 5: The Normalization of Deviance, 1985 6: The Culture of Production 7: Structural Secrecy 8: The Eve of the Launch Revisited 9: Conformity and Tragedy 10: Lessons Learned Appendix A. Cost/Safety Trade-Offs? Scrapping the Escape Rockets and the SRB Contract Award Decision Appendix B. Supporting Charts and Documents Appendix C. On Theory Elaboration, Organizations, and Historical EthnographyAcknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


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