Philip Tompkins Organizational Communicatin Imperatives

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Philip Tompkins' Organizational Communicatin Imperatives

Philip Tompkins' Organizational Communicatin Imperatives

INTRODUCTION

In the book Organizational Communication Imperatives, by Philip K.
Tompkins, we are introduced to a chapter that deals with an organization that is
held under high prestige by not only those who are employed by it, but by a
country as well. This American organization is NASA, (National Aeronautical
Space Administration), and although a very prestigious place to work, it is not
free of its share of wrongdoing and counter productive ways. Ten years ago
(1986), NASA was faced with its biggest catastrophe, The Challenger Explosion.
This preventable event , which claimed the life of a crew of seven, left many
questioning the ability of communication throughout NASA. The idea that a
crucial element of the space shuttle, O-Rings, would pass inspection, although
many scientists doubted the success of these, would be the ultimate cause of the
crew's demise shortly after lift off. It seems these scientists' doubts were
overlooked by a higher authority who gave the go ahead knowing the risk at
stake.
    The United States Army, well known for its maintaining of order and
conduct, has fallen into a most peculiar and shameful predicament due to lack of
communication. The New York Times brought its readers to the attention that all
was not right in the military. An organization that shares a similar prestige
to that of NASA, an organization who has exemplified its leadership time and
time again by becoming a force, so powerful, that it is sometimes considered to
police the world, has fallen into a sex abuse scandal. It seems that several
women have come forward to proclaim their mistreatment from various acts ranging
from rape to verbal harassment instilled upon them by members of the military.
These women feel, had there been a genuine form of organizational communication,
the study of sending and receiving messages, they would not have fell victims'
to such hideous crimes. Senator Barbara Boxer stated (New York Times 11/96)
that the complaints made by the women who came forward immediately were lost
somewhere along the line in an attempt to reach a higher authority, signifying a
need for some type of restructure.

STRENGTHS

In the minds of many people today the United States Army Is considered
to have one of the best structured organizational communication networks. This
is based upon the specified code of conduct

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