In the case of the Space Shuttle '' Challenger '' disaster , NASA managers overlooked the possibility of human error . ( See also : Three Mile Island accident . ) A rational organization system has two significant parts : specificity of goals and formalization . Goal specification provides guidelines for specific tasks to be completed along with a regulated way for resources to be allocated . Formalization is a way to standardize organizational behavior . As a result , there will be stable expectations , which create the rational organizational system . Problems arose out of scientific management . One is that the standardization leads workers to rebel against mundanes . Another may see workers rejecting the incentive system because they are required to constantly work at their optimum level , an expectation that may be unrealistic
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Organizational theory