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CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management · Communication, Co-ordination, Collaboration, Monitoring and Control

How does collaboration differ from co-ordination in an organisation?

Collaboration involves people working jointly and sharing resources to create results toward a common goal, whereas co-ordination mainly aligns separate activities and efforts so they fit together without conflict. Collaboration is deeper joint working; monitoring and correction belong to control, and both depend on communication.

  1. ACollaboration is only for top management, while co-ordination is only for workers
  2. BCollaboration involves joint creation and shared effort toward a common goal, while co-ordination mainly aligns separate activities so they fit together smoothlyCorrect
  3. CCollaboration means monitoring results, while co-ordination means correcting deviations
  4. DCollaboration avoids communication, while co-ordination requires it

Explanation

Co-ordination synchronises the efforts of different units so they do not conflict, while collaboration goes further by having people work together and share resources to create results jointly. Monitoring and correcting belong to control, and both concepts need communication.

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