Effective Communication

Bureaucratic organizations operate within a system of barriers and divisions most of which are internal.   Boundaryless organizations are the exact opposite and work with professionals both inside and outside the organization.   In today’s competitive and rapidly changing business environment, many organizations have started using team structures to promote performance and innovation.   Prior to the advent of information technology, such an organization would not have been operational because of the difficulty in the integration of team members from both inside and outside. “Because technology plays a major role as a communication medium in the boundary less organization, much work is done from a distance via e-mail, phone, and fax. Less work is done in traditional face-to-face settings. Virtual collaboration makes it easier to use the expertise of a broader range of individuals” ("Boundaryless", n.d.).   Some of today’s communication techniques use that technology to promote better communication along with other techniques that help to encourage innovation and meeting an organizations standards and goals.
In a boundaryless organization a manager needs to choose the persons within each team with thought to their strengths and knowledge. The key to a successful teamwork is communication.   The teams probably will consist of both internal and external personnel with members of an allied company or vendor included.   “Research has shown that members’ level of task knowledge and intrateam shared task experiences are antecedents to the development of transactive memory systems and that communication is a key factor in the development of a team's transactive memory” (Gardner, Staats, & Gino, 2012).   Therefore, to be a successful team each member must share his or her knowledge with the other team members.   By using this technique, a sense of trust develops among team members as they also gain more knowledge.   Some of that knowledge is transferred to the other teams involved...