Organizational learning at NASA : the Challenger and Columbia accidents / Julianne G. Mahler ; with Maureen Hogan Casamayou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahler, Julianne.

Contributor:

Casamayou, Maureen Hogan.

Series:

Public management and change.

Public management and change series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational learning--United States.

Organizational learning.

Organizational change--United States.

Organizational change.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Reorganization.

United States.

Columbia (Spacecraft)--Accidents.

Columbia (Spacecraft).

Challenger (Spacecraft)--Accidents.

Challenger (Spacecraft).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Organizational learning, especially in public organizations, is an idea that is often promoted but seldom studied in detail. This comparative study of two space shuttle accidents offers insight into organizational learning-and what makes such learning difficult in public organizations.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.

ISBN:

9781589016026

1589016025

9781589016033

1589016033

OCLC:

638859212