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Publication Date: 1988
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Understanding the Sources of Faulty Group Decision Making: A Lesson from the Challenger Disaster.
Hirokawa, Randy Y.; And Others
Small Group Behavior, v19 n4 p411-33 Nov 1988
Identifies six major factors that exerted influence on the decision-making process that led to the launch of the space shuttle, Challenger, on January 28, 1986. Concludes that decision to launch Challenger resulted from complex interplay among a number of cognitive, psychological, and social forces constituting the decision environment. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Group Dynamics, Influences, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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