Co-ordination: Problems and Remedies

Abstract

We are all familiar with stories about how one part of an organization failed to co-ordinate with another, like the government department that sold surplus goods to a merchant who made a large profit selling them to another government department. Such stories are told for laughs. To the layman they are ludicrous follies, but the manager, whether in private or public organizations knows how hard it can be to keep departments adequately informed of each other’s activities and needs.