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

• Autore: Mahler Julianne
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/038
• Soggetto topico: Organizational learning - United States; Organizational change - United States
• Altri autori: CasamayouMaureen Hogan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Organizational learning at NASA
• ISBN: 9781589016026; 1589016025; 9781589016033; 1589016033
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955110403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Public management and change.