Organizational Theory Applied to the Challenger Disaster

Groupthink has had a negative role in many organizations ability to make rational and ethical decisions. The Challenger disaster is no different, in fact its outcome was more serious than most. The Challenger disaster was caused by Groupthink, specifically the pressure that management was subjected to, which was then forced upon the engineers.
<Tab/>The symptoms of Groupthink were clearly the downfall of the Challenger disaster. By analyzing these symptoms we can break down each weakness that management and engineering experienced. First, the group felt invulnerable because t…