managing organizational change

p Challenging Decisions Decision-Making Through a Social Framework Challenging Decisions Decision-Making Through a Social Framework Many factors contribute to decision-making in a complex situation where leaders attempt to rationalize their choices to fit self-serving needs with little regard or room for alternative choices . Pressures can be felt from outside sources in any corporation or governmental entity with regard to the current political landscape , as well as economic , and social factors outside of the project or proposal at hand . It is human instinct to preserve the current method and mode of

operation and change is difficult to all employees and top-tier management , as well . It is the best asset of a leader to slowly integrate new ideas into a project and to avoid rushed and discontinuous change rather than the most effective method of introducing calculated incremental change Successes in the past do not ensure present success in that social factors are constantly evolving and need to be taken heed of . The pragmatic approach of hurriedly completing a project due to past success and blocking the changes as insignificant are most certainly a recipe for disaster . Nowhere is this more evident than with NASA 's decision to launch the shuttle Challenger ' with devastating consequences

Many of the decisions surrounding the launch of the Challenger were rushed and hurried . They were curtailed around the expectations of the projected audience , including the media and funding sources , and the future of NASA , itself . These burdening factors of performance to ensure that the space program would remain a top-tier and a properly funded government entity most certainly led to the decision to give the green light ' to launch . The added factors of social responsiveness of reporting a needed willingness to curtail spending and use improper , but less expensive equipment , was a calculated risk equipment had not been given the proper course to be tested , it was ultimately labeled as a non-issue that had been overemphasized Whenever a person 's anchoring in the past is combined with a sense of urgent technological change in a destabilized environment , open source sharing is of the utmost important and needs to be implemented with all information readily available to all parties involved

Economic and political forces effecting the space program and impending launch of the Challenger were no secret to any of the NASA employees or the public at large . There had been an economic downturn and lack of enthusiasm by the polled public on their willingness to continue viewing space exploration as a national necessity and other economic issues such as increased taxation and the effect that a new cabinet in Congress might have on day to day living . There was , as there always is , a political push to sift through national issues and have emerge only a few top priorities for politicians to debate with the agenda of pushing through the next leaders in the White House with their responses to these issues . Fear of the unknown on the brink of an election led to uncertainty and supporters...