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Which statement about the relationship between coordination and cooperation is correct?

Coordination is the wider, deliberate managerial effort that arranges group efforts in an orderly way, while cooperation is the voluntary willingness of individuals to help one another. Cooperation supports coordination but cannot replace it, since goodwill alone does not ensure unified action.

  1. ACoordination is a wider concept that ensures orderly arrangement of efforts, while cooperation is the willingness of individuals to help one anotherCorrect
  2. BCooperation is a managerial function, whereas coordination is purely voluntary behaviour
  3. CBoth are identical, and one can replace the other in every situation
  4. DCooperation is imposed by management, whereas coordination arises spontaneously among employees

Explanation

Cooperation is the voluntary willingness of persons to help each other, while coordination is a deliberate managerial effort that orders and unifies group efforts. Cooperation is necessary for coordination but cannot by itself ensure it. The other options reverse or equate the two concepts.

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