What is meant by co-ordination?

Coordination is the orderly arrangement of the efforts of the group or a department to provide unity of action in pursuit of common goal or objective of the company. The importance of Coordination are:
(1) Growth in Size: As the organization grows, the number of people in the organization also increases. Coordination helps to unify the objectives of these individuals working for the organization.
(2) Functional Differentiation: Different departments in the organization have their own policies and objectives, coordination helps to integrate various efforts and activities of the departments.
(3) Continuous process: Coordination is a continuous process and not a one time task to keep the smooth functioning of the organization.
(4) All persuasive function: Coordination is an all-persuasive function as there has to be a sense of coordination in all the functions of the business be it planning or controlling.