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The Challenger launch decision : risky technology, culture, and deviance at NASA
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The Challenger launch decision : risky technology, culture, and deviance at NASA
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Reexamines the disastrous decision made by NASA managers to proceed with the Challenger space shuttle launch in spite of evidence that something was wrong, contradicting conventional interpretations of production pressures and managerial wrong-doing, and offering a sociological explanation.
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Title
The Challenger launch decision : risky technology, culture, and deviance at NASA
Call No
363.12 Vau
Authors
Vaughan, Diane
Subjects
Challenger (Spacecraft)--Accidents. sears
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Management. sears
Aerospace industries.
Management--Case studies.
Decision making--Case studies.
Language
English
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Publication Desc
xv, 575 p. : ill.
ISBN
0226851753 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
95039858
Target Audience
Young Adult