Assignment:

Provide an analysis of the Banerjee and Mahoney article “Organization at the Limit: Lessons from the Columbia Disaster.” Distinguish between cultural and communication dimensions within NASA.
Select organizational stressors and outline how the conflict interaction between managers and engineers contributed to the Columbia disaster. Examine the cultural networks, both the informal and
formal; what complexity of bureaucratic structure inhibited communication flow within NASA? How were tasks assigned and managed? Note key points aligned with major course themes, primarily from
Lessons 3 and 4. For example:

• Communication Networks
• Cultural Network Communication
• Organizational Structure
• Cultivating Organizational Culture
• Organizational Stress Management
• Managing Interpersonal Conflict