The Challenger Launch Decision
Author | : Diane Vaughan |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226851761 |
ISBN-13 | : 0226851761 |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
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.