Q. 2 What do you understand by co-ordination why is it considered as essence of management? Explain.
Coordination is the orderly arrangement of group effort to provide of
action in pursuit of a common purpose, It is the orderly arrangement of effort by which a manager synchronizes the activities of different departments
individuals working in these departments towards the achievement of a common
goal.
Coordination is required at all levels of management:
(i) The top level management has to take care that there is coordination
between the organisation's goals and goals of different departments,
(ii) The middle-level management, i.e., the departmental managers have
to coordinate their departmental plans in order to relate them to
the plans of other departments.
For example, the work of Production Department and the Sales
Department have to be coordinated because unless there is timely production of
goods, the Sales Department cannot achieve its sales targets.
(iii) At the lower-level management. Coordination between the workers
and top as well as the middle-level management is required.
In short, coordination is a function performed not only by the top
managers of the organisation, but by all the managers at various levels.
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