Coordination: Meaning & Nature

Name of student teacher: Rajitha R

Subject: Business studies
 Meaning

The activities performed by various people working in a

business organization can be achieved efficiently and
effectively only if ,the efforts of various people involved are
properly coordinated.
Definition:

Coordination is the process where by an executive develops an

orderly pattern of group effort among his subordinates and
secures unity of action in the purist of common purpose.
Mc Farland
 Planning

Controlling Organizing

Coordination
Staffing
Leading

Motivating Directing

Communicating
Nature of coordination:

1. Coordination integrates group efforts

2. Coordination ensures unity of action
3. Coordination is a continuous process
4. Coordination is an all pervasive function
5. Coordination is the responsibility of all managers
6. Coordination is deliberate function
1. Coordination integrates group efforts:- It unifies
unrelated or diverse interests into purposeful activity
2.Coordination ensures unity of action:- The purpose of
coordination is to secure unity of action in the realization of a
common propose
3. Coordination is a continuous process:- It is not one-time
function but a continuous process
4. Coordination is an all pervasive function:- It required at
all levels of management due to the interdependent nature of
activities of various departments.
5. Coordination is the responsibility of all managers:- It is
the function of every manager in the organization.
6. Coordination is deliberate function:-A manager has to
coordinate the efforts of different people in a continuous and
deliberate manner.
Activity
Coordination integrates group effort

Commerce club decides to conduct a program related to consumer day.

It is possible to organize the program by a single person

How will you organize the activity

What are the committees formed for this purpose

Whether there is any need to coordinate the activities of different committee