| Physical description |
xv, 575 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Paperback edition pub. 1997. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-550) and index. |
| Contents |
1. 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 Ethnography. |
| Summary |
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 |
| Subject |
Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents.
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Management.
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Aerospace industries -- United States.
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Organizational behavior -- Case studies.
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Decision making -- Case studies.
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| ISBN |
0226851753 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0226851761 (paperback) |
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