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571	A Case Study of NASA's Columbia Tragedy: An Organizational Learning and Sensemaking Approach to Organizational Crisis. James, Eric Preston 12 1900 (has links) No other government agency receives as much attention as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The high-profile agency frequently captures attention of the media in both positive and negative contexts. This thesis takes a case study approach using organizational learning and sensemaking theories to investigate crisis communication within NASA's 2003 Columbia tragedy. Eight participants, who in some capacity had worked for NASA during the Columbia tragedy in a communication centered position, were interviewed. Using a grounded theory framework, nine themes emerged pertaining to organizational learning, leadership, structure, and organizational culture. The results of the study aid in understanding how high risk organization's (HROs) can learn from previous failures and details how organizational culture can hinder organizational change. organizational culture Organizational communication organizational learning sensemaking NASA Columbia (Spacecraft) -- Accidents. Organizational behavior -- Case studies. Corporate culture -- Case studies.
572	On Making a Difference: How Photography and Narrative Produce the Short-Term Missions Experience Jennings, Joshua Kerby 01 January 2017 (has links) Short-term missions participants encounter difference in purportedly captivating ways. Current research, however, indicates the practice does not lead to long-lasting, positive change. Brian M. Howell (2012) argues the short-term missions experience is confined to the limitations of the short-term missions narrative. People who engage in short-term missions build assumptions, seek experiences, understand difference, and convey meaning, as a result of this narrative. The process of telling and retelling travel stories is integral to the short-term missions experience. Drawing upon literature on tourism, narrative, development, and photography, this study intends to evaluate the inefficacy of short-term missions through the stories which produce and are produced by photography. Through storytelling and photography from 21 short-term missions participants who have served in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, this project deconstructs the short-term missions narrative to understand, what is the relationship between the use of photography and the short-term missions experience? The results indicate a unique relationship between people, photography, and experiences within the framework of short-term missions. Short-Term Missions Photography Narrative Image Haiti Charity-Based Development Caribbean Languages and Societies Communication Technology and New Media Critical and Cultural Studies Journalism Studies Latin American Studies Leadership Studies Leisure Studies Mass Communication Organizational Communication Organization Development Photography Public Relations and Advertising Rhetoric Social and Cultural Anthropology Social Media Sociology of Religion Speech and Rhetorical Studies Tourism
573	Informational Efficiency and the Reaction to Terrorism: A Financial Perspective Roland, Nicholas 01 January 2016 (has links) The purpose of this study is to measure the message terror organizations hope to convey using the financial markets as a proxy of measurement to determine patterns within the marketplace and the effects on the terrorists’ ability to deliver a desired message due to the increased use of digital devices and access to instantaneous news, seen over the past decade. Using death count, geographic location, and event type, this study identified 109 attacks between 1985 and 2015 to be analyzed against 5 market indices and 5 securities. Measuring the effects within a 10-day sample window from the time of the attack (+ or - 5 days) using average abnormal returns, standard deviation, Sharpe Ratio and the initial reactions in the market place as a percentage of total attacks, the effects on average abnormal returns on the market proxies were measured on three levels; The entire sample period from 1985 to 2015; the first half of the sample period 1985-1999; and the second half of the sample period 2000-2015. Analyzing trends in abnormal returns and standard deviation, the results of the study were inconclusive. Communications Terrorism Communications Event Study Financial Perspective Financial Market Proxies Financial Implications Measuring Terrorist Communications Behavioral Economics Business and Corporate Communications Business Intelligence Communication Technology and New Media Corporate Finance Critical and Cultural Studies Economic Theory Experimental Analysis of Behavior Finance and Financial Management Journalism Studies Macroeconomics Mass Communication Organizational Behavior and Theory Organizational Communication Other Communication Political Economy Portfolio and Security Analysis Social Media

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