Group decision fiascoes continue¶
Moorhead, G., Ference, R., & Neck, C. P. (1991). Group decision fiascoes continue: Space shuttle Challenger and a revised groupthink framework. Human Relations, 44(6), 539-550.
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Primes¶
- Groupthink
- Vaughan's systematic analysis shows that the failure was not technical incompetence but systematic under-weighting of informational diversity through organizational suppression of dissent.
This sourceAnalyzes the Challenger launch decision explicitly through (a revised) groupthink framework, adding time and leadership style as moderators
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Moorhead et al.'s abstract supports only that the Challenger launch was analysed through a revised groupthink framework; it does not state the claim's causal proposition, and it is not Vaughan's analysis.
“This paper reviews the decision situation surrounding the decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger in January 1986 in the light of the groupthink hypothesis. A revised framework is presented that proposes time and leadership style as moderators of the manner in which group characteristics lead to groupthink symptoms.”
- Vaughan's systematic analysis shows that the failure was not technical incompetence but systematic under-weighting of informational diversity through organizational suppression of dissent.
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