Group Process in the Challenger Launch Decision (A)

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Case

Reference no. 9-622-P02

Portuguese language

Subject category: Production and Operations Management

Authors: Amy C Edmondson (Harvard Business School); Laura R Feldman (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 2022

Version: 14 May 2021

Length: 16 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: Decision making and problem solving; Organizational behavior; Process analysis; Risk management; Teams

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Abstract

This is a Portuguese version. The night before the launch of the Challenger shuttle, officials from Morton Thiokol (Solid Rocket Booster manufacturer) and NASA participated in a teleconference to discuss whether to postpone the shuttle launch due to predicted low temperatures at Kennedy Space Center. This case provides background on the history of NASA's shuttle program, engineering firm Thiokol and Thiokol SRB, and O-ring expert Roger Boisjoly, who was adamant that the shuttle not be launched.

Location:

United States

Industry:

Aerospace and defense sector

Other setting(s):

1986