Features of Coordination 

Coordination refers to synchronising the activities of different department in the organisation towards achieving the organisational goal.

 

In other words, all the other functions act as flowers and coordination acts as a thread that binds all the flower and form a garland of Organisation.

1. Coordination is a deliberate function:

 

Coordination, in an organisation can never established by itself.

So, the managers or departmental heads intentionally, purposefully and deliberately establish coordination between different departments to achieve organisational goal.

 

2. Coordination is a pervasive function:

Coordination is pervasive in nature which means it is required and applied in all type of organisations all level, all functions and everywhere in the world.

3. Coordination is a continuous process :

Coordination is a never ending process and required in every department starts from the function planning and ends on controlling.

Coordination is required in every function of management, as long as the organisation exits.

4. Coordination is responsibility of all the members 

Coordination is not only the function of top level of management it is a function of all the levels in the management top, middle and bottom level. All level and departments requires coordination to run smoothly.

Top Level: Top level requires coordination to manage all the activities of the organisation.

Middle Level: Middle level requires coordination to manage different activities of different departments.

Bottom Level: bottom level requires coordination to manage activities of workman force.

5. Integrate group effort / unity of efforts 

All the activities in the organisation is cannot be performed isolately but it is performed with the help of group of people so coordination integrates the efforts of each and every employee towards achievement of organisational goal.

(Coordination is the essence of management)