Organizational learning at NASA : the Challenger and Columbia accidents
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Julianne Mahler; Maureen Hogan Casamayou
- ناشر : Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9781589012660
Description
Part I. Recognizing the value of organizational learning : Uncanny similarities: the Challenger and Columbia accidents -- Identifying organizational learning -- Part II. Analyzing the causes of the shuttle accidents : Structures for processing information -- Contractor relations -- Political and budgetary pressures -- Organizational culture -- Part III. Institutionalizing lessons about public organizational learning : The challenges of learning in public organizations -- Lessons from NASA about organizational learning.
A study of two space shuttle accidents that offers insight into organizational learning - and what makes such learning difficult in public organizations. It suggests factors overlooked by both accident commissions and proposes applicable hypotheses about learning in public organizations.
