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Philip Tompkins' Organizational Communicatin Imperatives

INTRODUCTION

In the book Organizational Communication Imperatives, by Philip K.
Tompkins, we are introduced to a chapter that deals with an organization that is
held under high prestige by not only those who are employed by it, but by a
country as well. This American organization is NASA, (National Aeronautical
Space Administration), and although a very prestigious place to work, it is not
free of its share of wrongdoing and counter productive ways. Ten years ago
(1986), NASA was faced with its biggest catastrophe, The Challenger Explosion.
This preventable event , which claimed the life of a crew of seven, left many
questioning the ability of communication throughout NASA. The idea that a
crucial element of the space shuttle, O-Rings, would pass inspection, although
many scientists doubted the success of these, would be the ultimate cause of the
crew's demise shortly after lift off. It seems these scientists'......

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