s? Communication, or lack of proper communication, can be a partial explanation for the event. Roger Boisjoly, an engineer for Morton Thiokol, had strongly recommended against the launch of the Challenger on the evening of January 27, 1986. Was this recommendation ignored, misunderstood or overruled? Sadly, the message was ineffective in the basic concept of organizational communication. Organizational communication is "the study of sending and receiving messages that create and maintain a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons" (Tompkins, p.24). Boisjoly made a recommendation, and it was hopefully, considered and apparently, rejected, or ignored.
             This one recommendation by Boisjoly reflects a breakdown of Bernard's three essential elements of organization. The first element being communication, Boisjoly clearly stated that he did not recommend the launch. By ignoring this recommendation, NASA was not acting with a common purpose with Thiokol. NASA was responding to their own need of a deadline to continue with the laun
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