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Communication
is core to organizational coordination, and
coordination is an inherently communicative process that is fundamental
to
organizational functioning. Although conceptions vary widely, it is
proposed
that organizational coordination consists of coordinating as
the
overarching process, coordinating mechanisms as the structures
that are
brought to bear, and coordination as the in situ
interaction. A structurational model of coordination includes
structures
(mechanisms) that affect practices (coordination) that in turn affect
outcomes—all within organizational members’ ongoing streams of activity.
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