Coordination

Coordination or Co-ordination is the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation. Coordination means integrating or linking together different parts of an organization to accomplish a collective set of tasks.

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Examples include hand-eye coordination in racket sports, or coordination between those stocking products and those selling it in the retail business.

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In grammar, coordination refers to the linking of syntactically equal elements. Coordinating conjunctions are often, though not always, used in coordination. Coordinations can generally be classified as syndetic, asyndetic, or polysyndetic. Coordination may be compared with subordination. See also parataxis.

Related Topics:
Grammar - Coordinating conjunctions - Syndetic - Asyndetic - Polysyndetic - Subordination - Parataxis

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Another concise and clear definition is from (Malone and Crowston, 1991): ``Coordination is the act of managing interdependencies between activities.``

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