Horti-Business Management (2+0)

Techniques of coordination

• Rules and procedures – They enable all units to follow common practices and reporting mechanisms. This enables the manager to coordinate the activities at various places.
  
• Targets and goals – Time bound targets are fixed and all are expected to achieve the targets. Periodical monitoring is done to balance the progress in various units.
  
• Hierarchy – Managers at different levels coordinate the activities in their domain and across the levels also coordination is done by top management.
  
• Departmentation / groups – Departments are formed and the activities within the department are coordinated and linked with the top management for overall coordination.
  
• Liaison – Some firms may engage Liaison Officer who coordinates the activities of two or more different institutions.
  
• Committees / conferences / workshops – Periodical meetings such as conference & workshops are organized and committees are formed to facilitate coordination Ex. While preparing annual plans for the firm.