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Boundary-Spanning Roles in Management: Functions, Importance, and Strategic Application

Explores boundary-spanning roles in management, their strategic importance, and their function in organizational success.

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Boundary-Spanning Roles in Management: Functions, Importance, andStrategic ApplicationQ1.-Describe the ways managers use boundary-spanning roles and why they use them.(300 word minimum).Answer–The boundaries may be used to define the characteristics of an organization and thelink between environment and organization may bedefinedasboundaries role.Theboundaryspanningleadershipmay be definedas the capability to establish direction, alignment, andcommitment across boundaries inorder to achieveahigher vision or goal. This capability resideswithin and across individuals, groups and teams, and larger organizations and systems.In the structure of boundary roles, the attention is given to environment and technology sourcesof variation. All levels of management must have this capability of boundary spanning and it hasbeen found that in different survey that 97% of leaders citedboundary spanning is important atsenior level, 91 % at the middle level, and 43% at the entry level.According toAldrich andHerder,therearetwodistinct functions of boundary-spanning roles:1. Information processing and2. External representation of the organization to outsiders.In networking, theBoundary spanning plays an important role. The effective boundary spanningactivity is needed by theSmalland medium sized enterpriseswhichareconcentrated on theforeign market.In these enterprisesthe men who can be seen as the central boundary spanner isknown as manager and he maintains all theinternal and external networks of theenterprise. Themanagers should establish the relationship or link between boundary spanning activity and

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