Co-ordination, Co-operation, and Facilitation

Co-ordination, Co-operation, and Facilitation

In order to promote unity of action and harmonization of effects for achieving organizational goals, it is the process of bringing together the actions of multiple departments and individuals. It combines labor efforts in order to produce synergy through successful goal accomplishment.

Coordination generally refers to setting up a system such that all organizational paths, free from overlap, gaps, conflicts, etc., work together to achieve predetermined goals.

Types

• Internal
• External
  • Internal
    • (planning, organizing, controlling, directing)
    • Manager and employee of the same department.
    • Manager and employee of the different department.
    • Central department and branch office units.
  • External
    • Interesting parties – customer, employee, owner.
    • Other enterprises
    • Government regulations.

The Necessity and Value of Coordination

• Integration
  • To bring harmony and coordination to opposing and specialized activity inside the organization, integration is required. It controls diversity by uniting its efforts and harmonizing its labor.
• Interdependence
  • In an organization, departments and individuals are interdependent.
  • Coordination is necessary and controls it.
  • The necessity for coordination increases with the level of interconnectedness.
  • It aids in departmental conflict resolution.
• Goal Harmonization
  • It makes it easier to align personal ambitions with company objectives.
  • Through coordination, several departments' efforts are brought together and harmonized to create synergy.
• Efficiency
  • The effective use of human, material, financial, and information resources requires coordination. It avoids resource wastage, delays in completing tasks, and work repetition. An extremely high level of coordination is required to attain great performance.
• An Essence of Management
  • In order to carry out various management duties, coordination is required.
• Manage Personal Rivalries and Prejudice
  • Members of an organization have the opportunity to establish personality policies.
  • Conflicts over roles and responsibilities between personnel and the line manager could exist.
  • The management of the aforementioned issues requires coordination.
• Improve Employees Morale and Job Satisfaction Through Motivation
  • Coordination enables the preservation of one's dignity and the detection of employee issues. increases the mortality of the workers and helps to inspire and drive them.

Co-operation

• Cooperation means accomplishing something that is advantageous to both parties.
• It entails a group effort or action.
• Cooperation is another word for combining different employees in a company to complete tasks that are beneficial to all. When two or more people interact within a group or community, it occurs.

Facilitation

• It is an action that makes it easier or helps someone else do their tasks.
• The verb "facilitate" means to "make easy" or "to ease a process." The facilitator plans, leads, and supervises a group activity to ensure that the group's objectives are successfully met through deliberative discussion and active participation.
  • Facilitation Includes
    • Orientating to purpose.
    • Connecting people.
    • Drawing out information monitoring progress.
    • Supporting action.
    • Getting closure on commitments.
    • Attention to Feeling.
    • Attention to Behaviour.
    • Attention to People.
    • Attention to Structure.
    • Attention to Goals.