In the article titled The Construction of Knowledge in Organizations by Dorothy Winsor, she starts the text by introducing a question that will lead for further discussion and provoke the audience. Winsor asks "Why did it happen that various people in the organizations involved knew about the faulty O-rings that cause the Challenger to explode but failed to pass on the information to decision makers (7)?" The author establishes that it seemed that personnel from NASA and Thiokol Inc. knew about the problem and failed to act or knew and ignores the plain evidence. Winsor states two parts to her question, which are, "knew" and "pass on the information." This suggests that throughout the article, we can evidently see how Winsor compares and analyzes the difficulties with knowing and passing on the information. Winsor asks in the discussions, "What does it mean to know something?" She first analyzes and explains how knowledge is based on evidence and to be based on evidence, Secondly Winsor states that "Knowledge is regarded as certain if someone is still unsure of an idea, we don't usually call the idea knowledge (8)." During the explanations and the rest of the article, Winsor continues to explore and argue about what it means to know something enforcing this idea by using the Challengers explosion mission as an example. The different causes why the Challenger failed the mission. It is key to see the different perspectives that exist. One being the people who knew about the situation and that the challenger could fail and the people who didn't know about it because of employees lack of communication or sharing the information. This article could go alongside decision making can also affect miscommunication, as in the Challenger mission people had the knowledge but could not decide on what to do so that resulted in a lack of communication and the fail of the Challenger mission.
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AuthorMy name is Alex Ivan Martinez, I'm a freshman at UTEP seeking an Engineering Leadership major and a graphic design minor.
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