Coordination

Coordination is not the responsibility of only one department. It creates harmony among the efforts of different departments, levels and individuals to achieve organisational goals. Therefore, ‘One department’ is the correct answer. All departments, group efforts and organisational goals are closely connected with coordination. Exam tip: remember coordination as the process that links all activities and departments in an organisation.

A manager must build harmony among people and tasks. Exam tip: write the manager role in coordination.

Coordination is needed at all levels and departments. Exam tip: understand pervasive as wide presence.

Harmony between research and marketing helps create the right product. Exam tip: treat links between teams as coordination.

Coordination protects an organisation from disorder by arranging related activities, clarifying responsibilities, and ensuring that people and departments work in a compatible sequence. Without coordination, employees may duplicate the same task, leave essential work undone, compete for resources, follow conflicting instructions, or move toward unrelated objectives. Coordination creates unity, cooperation, and clarity, but these are benefits produced by coordination rather than dangers from which the organisation must be protected. Hence option A is correct because disorder is the direct condition that coordinated management helps prevent. Options B, C, and D are positive outcomes of coordination, so choosing any of them would reverse the meaning of the question.

Communication supports coordination by carrying accurate information between people and departments. Employees need to know goals, duties, deadlines, changes, and constraints. Clear two-way communication helps them adjust their work, avoid misunderstandings, and respond to problems. Without reliable information, even well-designed plans may result in conflicting actions.

Therefore option A is correct. Communication does not stop information, remove goals, or close departments; those choices contradict its coordinating role. Communication alone is not the whole of coordination, but it is an important means through which coordination becomes possible. Proper exchange of information creates understanding and helps different units work in harmony.

The final aim of coordination is achieving organisational objectives. Exam tip: write goal achievement as the final aim.

Coordination helps success by giving one direction to people and activities. Exam tip: take one direction as the main clue.

Coordination means creating harmony among different efforts. Exam tip: treat harmony and unity as key words.

This is an example of linking different tasks on time. Exam tip: connect school examples with coordination.

One important benefit of coordination is the prevention of duplication of work. When responsibilities, schedules and information are aligned, two employees or departments are less likely to perform the same task unnecessarily. Therefore, option D is correct. A common goal, unity of action and clear communication are not problems that coordination prevents; they are conditions or results that coordination promotes. Option A gives the purpose that guides coordinated effort. Option B describes the unity created by coordination. Option C is an important supporting mechanism for coordination. By clarifying who does what and when, coordination reduces wasted effort, overlapping authority and avoidable delays.

Departments working in different directions show lack of coordination. Exam tip: take goal conflict as a clue.

When employees increase their efforts must be brought in one direction. Exam tip: remember large size as a reason.

Coordination is required at all managerial levels—top, middle and lower—because activities and departmental efforts must be harmonised at each level. Therefore, option D is correct. Option A is incorrect because coordination is not limited to top managers; middle-level managers and supervisors also perform it. Exam tip: remember coordination as a pervasive function of management.

Coordination increases cooperation and understanding. Exam tip: treat cooperative environment as its positive result.

Coordination is a deliberate effort because managers consciously arrange activities, communication, timing and responsibilities to create unity of action. It does not arise accidentally when departments simply happen to work together. Therefore, option B is correct. Option A is the opposite of the managerial concept. Option C is too narrow because coordination connects personal, departmental and organisational efforts rather than involving only one person. Option D is also incorrect because coordination seeks order, compatibility and a common direction. Although coordination may operate continuously and sometimes informally, it still involves purposeful attempts to harmonise work and achieve organisational objectives.

Coordination is a continuous process that operates from the beginning of organisational work until its completion. Hence, it does not end while work is still in progress. Planning, staffing, and goal-setting are separate management functions; coordination is still needed afterwards to harmonise the efforts of departments and employees. Exam tip: remember coordination as a pervasive and continuous function of management.

Mismatch between demand and production shows lack of coordination. Exam tip: remember the link between production and sales.

Coordination integrates efforts of people and departments. Exam tip: consider human efforts important.

Specialists work in different areas so their work must be linked. Exam tip: write specialisation as a reason for coordination.

Coordination is required in every function of management because each function must support and connect with the others. During planning, objectives and actions must be aligned. During organising, authority, responsibility and departmental activities must fit together. During controlling, actual performance is compared with plans and corrective action must be coordinated. Hence option B, “in none,” is correct. Option A, C and D each name functions in which coordination is essential, so none of them can be selected. The question tests the all-pervasive nature of coordination: it is not a separate activity needed only occasionally, but an integrating force present throughout managerial work.

Coordination directs employees efforts toward organisational goals. Exam tip: remember direction of efforts.

Different roles working together show coordination. Exam tip: identify multi-department examples like hospitals.

The direct answer is A: coordination aims to establish unity of action. An organisation contains many people and departments, and each may perform a different activity. Coordination connects these activities so that everyone works in the same overall direction instead of pulling apart. For example, purchasing, production, finance and sales should support one common business objective. Option A is correct because unity of action means harmonious, connected effort towards a common goal. Option B is wrong because opposition between activities creates conflict and wastes resources. Option C is wrong because confusion means people do not know what to do or how their work fits together; coordination reduces confusion. Option D is wrong because isolation separates efforts, while coordination creates useful links and cooperation. Therefore, coordination does not make every person do the same task; it makes different tasks support one another. Exam cue: many activities plus one common direction equals unity of action.

Coordination requires people and teams to connect their activities through communication and a shared direction. Having the same goal is not enough if the teams keep information to themselves. Without relevant information, one team may repeat work, miss a deadline, use incompatible methods, or make a decision that harms the other team. Information sharing therefore supports harmony and integration.

Option B is correct because the situation directly shows weak coordination. Building safety and banking are unrelated to the organisational difficulty described, while depreciation is an accounting concept concerning the reduction in value of an asset. The key clue is that the teams do not share information. Better communication can help them synchronise actions and work toward the common goal without unnecessary conflict or duplication.