boundary-spanning

Boundary-spanning is the organized practice of bridging separate organizational, disciplinary, or social domains through deliberate roles, processes, and artifacts. Its parameters are: (1) at least two distinct domains (organizations, disciplines, social groups) with their own norms and knowledge; (2) an actor, role, or mechanism that operates across the boundary; (3) a transfer function that translates between domain-specific languages, practices, or standards. Its persistence mechanism is institutional design — formalized in job titles (boundary spanner, liaison, knowledge broker), organizational structures (matrix management, cross-functional teams), and academic disciplines (organizational sociology, science and technology studies). The practice is sustained through professional training, organizational charts, and research programs that study inter-domain coordination. [formal: perimetrasis | substrate: behavior | horizon: hours | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.12]