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

In a management context, which statement best describes co-ordination?

Co-ordination is the process of synchronising the efforts of individuals and departments so that they work in harmony toward common organisational goals. Dividing work is departmentation, comparing results with plans is control, and selecting people is staffing, so none of those describes co-ordination.

  1. ADividing the total work into departments according to function
  2. BSynchronising the efforts of individuals and departments so that they work in harmony toward common organisational goalsCorrect
  3. CComparing actual output with planned output and correcting deviations
  4. DSelecting and training suitable persons for vacant positions

Explanation

Co-ordination means blending and synchronising the activities of different people and units so that they pull together toward common goals. Option A describes departmentation, option C is control and option D is staffing.

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