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Challenger: Fine‐tuning the Odds Until Something Breaks

Year: 1988

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT The Challenger disaster illustrates the effects of repeated successes, gradual acclimatization, and the differing responsibilities of engineers and managers. Past successes and acclimatization alter decision‐makers’ beliefs about probabilities of future success. Fine‐tuning processes result from engineers’ and managers’ pursuing partially inconsistent goals while trying to learn from their experiences. Fine‐tuning reduces probabilities of success, and it continues until a serious failure occurs.

Source: Journal of Management Studies

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1988.tb00040.x

Authors: William H. Starbuck, Frances J. Milliken

Institution: New York University

Language: English

Topic: Occupational Health and Safety Research

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

OpenAlex ID: W1990144005

FWCI: 22.02

Cites: 10

Cited by: 440

Related to: 10