This
paper explains that
organizational behavior focuses on the study of behavior within the organizational construct, concentrating on how an individual, group, and
structure affect the behavior within the
Organization. The author points outs that learning from the Challenger Disaster required the NASA organization to look carefully at (1) forces contributing to the flawed decision, (2) reasons for the decisions and behavior that contributed to them, and (3) organizational shortcomings that affected the
outcome. The paper stresses that communication can lead to misunderstanding, but so does lack of action; people within the chain of command at NASA did not act upon information that may have changed the outcome. Table of Contents Introduction The NASA Challenger Disaster Recommendations Conclusion