Ineffective Organizational Practices at NASA: A Dynamic Network Analysis
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In 2003 many organizational problems within NASA were cited by the Columbia Investigation Board (CIB) as contributing to the Columbia disaster. Among the problems cited were barriers to communication, including information technologies, structural integration and databases, ineffective leadership and practical drift. Structural integration is assembling interdependent actions into coherent sequences and outcomes. Practical drift is local adaptation to demands that require work practices to fall outside the formal procedures of the organization.
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