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Which of the following best describes coordination as a function of management?

Coordination is the synchronising of the activities of different departments and individuals so that they work together harmoniously towards common organisational goals. It is not controlling, staffing or manpower planning, which deal with comparing results, selecting people and estimating workforce needs respectively.

  1. AFixing the number of workers needed for each department
  2. BSynchronising the activities of different departments so that they work together towards common organisational goalsCorrect
  3. CComparing actual output with planned output and correcting deviations
  4. DSelecting the best candidate for a vacant managerial post

Explanation

Coordination is the process of harmonising and unifying the efforts of individuals and departments so that they pull together towards common objectives. Option C describes controlling, option D describes staffing, and option A describes manpower planning, so they are not coordination.

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