09057. STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER TRAGEDY. Examines the decision-making process in the Challenger disaster, analyzing NASA's decision model and management style. Considers the role played by NASA organizational design and external environmental factors in the tragedy. Concludes with an analysis of factors in the NASA system which must be changed in order to prevent a similar disaster from occurring again. 15 pages, 27 footnotes, 18 bibliographic sources.