9780801849756 - inside nasa: high technology and organizational change in the u.s. space program di mccurdy, prof howard e. e. (34 risultati)
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Inside NASA" explores how an agency praised for its planetary probes and expeditions to the moon became notorious for the explosion of the space shuttle "Challenger" and a series of other malfunctions. Using archival evidence as well as in-depth interviews with space agency officials, Howa…rd McCurdy investigates the relationship between the performance of the American space programme and NASA's organizational culture. He begins by identifying the beliefs, norms and practices that guided NASA's early successes. Originally the agency was dominated by the strong technical culture rooted in the research-and-development organizations from which NASA was formed. To launch the expeditions to the moon, McCurdy explains, this technical culture was linked to an organizational structure borrowed from the Air Force ballistic-missile programme. Changes imposed to accomplish the lunar landing - along with the normal ageing process and increased bureaucracy in the government as a whole - gradually eroded NASA's original culture and reduced its technical strength. Changes imposed to accomplish the lunar landing-along with the normal aging process and increased bureaucracy in the government as a whole-gradually eroded NASA's original culture and reduced its technical strength. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Inside NASA explores how an agency praised for its planetary probes and expeditions to the moon became notorious for the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and a series of other malfunctions. Using archival evidence as well as in-depth interviews with space agency officials, Howard McCurdy inve…stigates the relationship between the performance of the American space program and NASA's organizational culture. He begins by identifying the beliefs, norms, and practices that guided NASA's early successes. Originally, the agency was dominated by the strong technical culture rooted in the research-and-development organizations from which NASA was formed. To launch the expeditions to the moon, McCurdy explains, this technical culture was linked to an organizational structure borrowed from the Air Force ballistic-missile program. Changes imposed to accomplish the lunar landing-along with the normal aging process and increased bureaucracy in the government as a whole-gradually eroded NASA's original culture and reduced its technical strength.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1993
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Trade paperback. Condizione: Very good. xiv, [2], 215, [5] pages. Illustrations. Map. Appendix: NASA Culture Survey. Essay on Sources. Notes. Index. Minor cover wear. This is one of the New Series on NASA History. "Inside NASA" explores how an agency praised for its planetary probes and expeditions to the moon became notorious f…or the explosion of the space shuttle "Challenger" and a series of other malfunctions. McCurdy investigates the relationship between the performance of the American space program and NASA's organizational culture. He begins by identifying the beliefs, norms, and practices that guided NASA's early successes. Originally, the agency was dominated by the strong technical culture rooted in the research-and-development organizations from which NASA was formed. To launch the expeditions to the moon, McCurdy explains, this technical culture was linked to an organizational structure borrowed from the Air Force ballistic-missile program. Changes imposed to accomplish the lunar landing--along with the normal aging process and increasedgovernment bureaucracy as a whole--eroded NASA's original culture and reduced its technical strength. Howard E. McCurdy is professor of public affairs at American University. Howard McCurdy was the winner of the American Astronautical Society's 2013 John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award, on space exploration. McCurdy is considered an expert on space policy and NASA. In 1998, he was selected to be the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, a one-year fellowship at the National Air and Space Museum. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration began its space flight program in October of 1958 by launching the 84-pound Pioneer I space probe. Scarcely a decade later, in July of 1969, NASA amazed the world by landing the first humans on the Moon. In the two decades that followed, however, the agency appeared to lose both its vigor and its creativity. Inside NASA explores how an agency praised for its planetary probes and expeditions to the Moon became noted for the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and a series of other malfunctions. Using archival evidence as well as in-depth interviews with space agency officials, Howard McCurdy investigates the relationship between the performance of the U.S. space program and NASA's organizational culture. He begins by identifying the beliefs, norms, and practices that guided NASA's early successes. Originally, the agency was dominated by the strong technical culture rooted in the research-and-development organizations from which NASA was formed. To launch the expeditions to the Moon, McCurdy explains, this technical culture was linked to an organizational structure borrowed from the Air Force Ballistic Missile Program. Over time, however, changes imposed to accomplish the lunar expedition - as well as the normal aging process and increased bureaucracy in the government as a whole-altered NASA's original culture and eroded its technical strength. McCurdy observes that NASA's early success depended on a number of related characteristics: extensive testing, in-house technical capability, hands-on experience, exceptional people, stoic acceptance of risk and failure, and a frontier mentality. He concludes that, given the conditions of modern government, the performance of high-technology agencies like NASA inherently tends to decline. Inside NASA offers a revealing study of both organizational culture and bureaucratic aging. The contents include: Introduction: NASA's Organizational Culture -- 1. Building Blocks. The Research Laboratories. The Rocket Engineers. Human Space Flight. The Science Centers. A Confederation of Cultures -- 2. Root Assumptions. Research and Testing. In-House Technical Capability. Hands-On Experience. Exceptional People -- 3. Breaking Barriers. Risk and Failure. Frontier Mentality. The First Generation -- 4. Becoming Conventional. Organizing for Apollo. Aging and Organizational Chance. Decreasing Flexibility. Increasing Bureaucracy. Growing More Conser.
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