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February 16, 2011
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Coordination is considered as an essential element of administration.
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Coordination is the integration, synchronisation or orderly pattern of group efforts in the institution towards the accomplishment of common objectives.
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The concept of co-ordination is much broader than that of co-operation.
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"Co-ordination is the orderly synchronization of efforts to provide the proper amount, timing, and directing execution resulting in harmonious and and unified actions to a stated objective"
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"Co-ordination is the integration of several parts into an orderly whole to achieve the purpose of undertaking"
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"Co-ordination is the integrating process in an orderly pattern of group efforts in an organization toward the accomplishment of a common objective"
Creative force
Unity of direction
High employee morale
Diverse and specialised activities
To avoid personal rivalries and prejudice
To avoid conflict of interests
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Communication
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Orderly plans
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Supervision
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Leadership
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Departmentation
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Direct contact
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Internal co-ordination
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External co-ordination.
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Uncertainty of the future, as to the behaviour of the individual and the people.
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Lack of knowledge, experience, wisdom and character among leaders and their confused and conflicting ideas and objectives.
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Lack of administration skill and technique.
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Vast number of variables involved and the incompleteness of human knowledge, particularly with regard to men and life.
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Lack of orderly methods coordination..
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Size and complexity, personality and political factors.
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Lack of leaders with wisdom and knowledge pertaining to public administration
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Accelerated expansion of public administration of international dimension.
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Health care system consists of different categories of health personnel which requires intense coordination to function it effectively.
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Nursing service is often the largest group of health personnel with wide range of functions and skills.
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Effective coordination of nursing services and patient care will lead to patient satisfaction, better quality of service and patient outcomes.
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