References: Choi‚ J.‚ & Kim‚ M. (1999). The organizational application of groupthink and its limitations in organizations. Journal of Applied Psychology‚ 84(2)‚ 297-306. Retrieved September 18‚ 2010 from PsycARTICLES: doi:10.1037/0021-9010.84.2.297. Lister‚ G. (2006). Has your board ever been to Abilene?. American School Board Journal
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and Fantasy The Challenger Disaster Abstract Could the challenger disaster have been avoided? I once heard a smart man say “Never get to confortable with what you are doing and if you get to confortable change your work”. The challenger disaster was the product of over confidentiality of the engineers working in the project. The problem that the challenger had been a failure of the O-rings in the engine‚ these O-rings failed to keep gases inside the engine. When the challenger was launched the
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Challenger Space Shuttle - Case Study In the following case study‚ we’ll have a brief analysis of the disaster that took place with the “Challenger Space Shuttle” and the role played by the 3 most important players: Thiokol‚ NASA and the White House. At the end we will discuss the things that could have prevented not only this but all major disasters that take place in various organizations. Reviewing the Case When the Challenger blew up 73 seconds after launching the Challenger disaster happened
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The causes and effects of the Challenger and Columbia disasters It was the day in the history of America wherein the people had a great expectation of a mission that would take a civilian for the first time into the space by launched the Challenger‚ in 1986‚ but something unexpected happened when the shuttle explored shortly after liftoff and claiming the lives of all crew members onboard. That was not the only exploration of the American history‚ another similar disaster was the exploration
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For the first speech I decided to analyze the “Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy Address from president Ronald Reagan. This speech was pretty easy to identify if it was an informative or persuasive speech. The president was addressing the nation to inform them about a tragedy that had taken place the very same day. From reading through this week’s lesson‚ I would say that concept President Reagan used was speaking to entertain. The lesson stated this type of informative was used for speeches at occasions
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The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after 73 seconds into flames in flight on January 28‚ 1986 with one of the seven astronauts‚ a school teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard. This incident Challenger present us a case study in organizational communication‚ ethics and culture as it promotes or discourages necessary communication and the ethics of whistle blowing. Pressures developed because of the need to meet customers’ promises‚ which forced obligation to launch a certain number of flights per
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It’s as Simple as One‚ Two‚ Three . . . Getting Ahead Hotel City Who the Hell Is Herman? Feynman Sexist Pig! I Just Shook His Hand‚ Can You Believe It? Letters‚ Photos‚ and Drawings MR. FEYNMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: INVESTIGATING THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER Preliminaries Committing Suicide The Cold Facts Check Six! Gumshoes Fantastic Figures An Inflamed Appendix The Tenth Recommendation Meet the Press Afterthoughts Appendix F: Personal Observations on the Reliability of the Shuttle 11 11 20
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Even though when we work in groups we usually strive for a harmonious and cooperative environment‚ this does not mean that an environment in which all members are in total agreement is desirable. The phenomenon termed groupthink describes the kind of situations in which each member of a group attempts to conform his/her opinion to what they believe to be the consensus of the group. Whereas this might be seen by some as a way of keeping the peace among group members‚ it is a rather negative attitude
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situation‚ I can see that there are a couple of different examples of Groupthink occurring. First‚ Self-Censorship‚ which is when an individual decides not to say‚ or do something that may offend someone else. In our case‚ we didn’t want to get Susan going on a rant because we dared to oppose her. We were afraid of her. Trust me‚ we had seen it happen when someone clashed with her and it was not pretty. The second example of Groupthink as Irving Janus identified it is Illusions of Unanimity. In the
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1. Groupthink 1.1 Definition Janis defines groupthink as “a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group‚ when members strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action.” His major proposition is that groups displaying most of the symptoms of groupthink are more likely to display symptoms of defective decision making‚ resulting in poor policy outcomes. The crucial determinant of groupthink
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