“It involves synchronization of the different actions or efforts of the various units of an organization”. Identify the function of management described here:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Coordination
Option (1) Cooperation — Incorrect. Cooperation is people’s willingness to help each other. It is voluntary. Synchronising the work of all units needs a deliberate effort by the manager, which cooperation alone does not give.
Option (2) Coordination — Correct. Coordination is the process by which a manager synchronises the activities of different departments, so that each unit’s effort fits with the others in amount, quality, timing and sequence. It is not a separate step but runs through all the functions of management, which is why it is called the essence of management.
Option (3) Organising — Incorrect. Organising divides the work into jobs and departments. It creates the separate units that coordination then has to bind together.
Option (4) Staffing — Incorrect. Staffing fills the jobs with the right people. It is not about fitting the work of different units together.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Coordination — The Essence of Management … It is through the process of coordination that a manager ensures the orderly arrangement of individual and group efforts to ensure unity of action in the realisation of common objectives. Coordination therefore involves synchronisation of the different actions or efforts of the various units of an organisation. This provides the requisite amount, quality, timing and sequence of efforts which ensures that planned objectives are achieved with a minimum of conflict.” |