The Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger Is an Example

question 4

Multiple Choice

The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger is an example of poor managerial decision making by the managers at NASA and Morton Thiokol,who considered and then downplayed the criterion of:

• A) ethicalness.
• B) practicality.
• C) legality.
• D) economic feasibility.
• E) devil's advocacy.

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