There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the options given below.

Assertion: Coordination acts as a binding force between departments and ensures that all efforts are focussed towards achieving organisational goals.
Reasoning: Specialists in an organisation usually think that they only are qualified to evaluate, judge and decide according to their professional criteria.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Coordination is important as it integrates the efforts of individuals, departments and specialists. The primary reason for coordination is that departments and individuals in the organisation are interdependent, i.e. they depend on each other for information and resources to perform their respective activities. Thus, managers need to reconcile differences in approach, timing, effort or interest. At the same time, there is a need to harmonise individual goals and organisational goals. The Modern organisations are characterised by a high degree of specialisation. Specialisation arises out of the complexities of modern technology and the diversity of tasks to be performed. Organisations, therefore, need to employ a number of specialists. Specialists usually think that they only are qualified to evaluate, judge and decide according to their professional criteria. They do not take advice or suggestions from others in matters pertaining to their area of specialisation. This often leads to conflict amongst different specialists as well as others in the organisation. Therefore, some coordination is required by an independent person to reconcile the differences in approach, interest or opinion of the specialists.