Micro matters: the aesthetics of power in NASA's flight readiness review

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The Challenger space shuttle disaster of 1986 is used to demonstrate the detrimental effects of excessive centrality of control and the resultant intensification of dependency relations. Excessive centrality produced a culture of conformity in which individual and group conflicts were suppressed.

United States, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Research, Accidents, Space shuttles, Organizational behavior, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Dependency (Psychology)

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From organizational development to change management: the emergence of a new profession

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Changes in organizational development have caused the evolution of change management as a different field of management expertise. Most consultancy firms have realized the increasing demand for change management especially in large, multinational corporations. Many of these firms have established a separate facility or department that will specifically provide change management solutions. Change management has been defined as a range of intervention strategies aimed at enhancing human performance directly or indirectly.

Services, Organizational change, Business consultants, Management consultants, Reengineering (Management)

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