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Challenger: The Path to Disaster (A, B & C)
Mark Maier
published: 2006 | Case Study | Communications
Subject Area: Organizational Behaviour; Communications; Introductory Business; Business Ethics
Key Issues: Strategic Decision Making; Organizational Theory; Sociology of Organizations; Society and Technology
Case Description: Was the Challenger disaster of January 1986
inevitable? By tracing its historical antecedents and documenting the
final launch decision-making process, we have an opportunity to
discover how the tragedy resulted from dynamics that are endemic to
everyday organizational life. Can students avoid launching their own
''challenger'' at work?
# Case Pages: A-26; B-5; C-4
Case Number: 030075-14-1
Teaching Note: Yes
revised May 9/06
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