Title

Rebuilding Nasa: Communication Issues

Keywords

CAIB; Columbia; Culture; Organization; Rhetoric; Shuttle; Social constructivism

Abstract

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) presented a ground-breaking report in identifying communication issues relating to the loss of shuttle Columbia and in emphasizing the NASA organizational culture as a principal factor that confused communication and impeded effective action. This article first describes several of the technical communication issues relating to the disaster. Second it reveals the penetrating focus of the CAIB investigation on the NASA culture. This focus on the organizational culture is, the author contends, a beneficial reflection of the pervasive influence of the social constructivist perspective throughout the academic world including technical throughout the academic world including techincal and professional communication studies. © 2007 IEEE.

Publication Date

12-1-2007

Publication Title

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464059

Socpus ID

51149107586 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/51149107586

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