Coordination

A concise and clear definition of coordination is written in Coordination Theory (Malone and Crowston, 1991)"Coordination is the act of managing interdependencies between activities."

Coordination, 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.


 * See Coordination in Human Motion.
 * See Coordination in Hand-eye coordination.
 * See Coordination in Robot Motion.
 * See coordination game for coordination in game theory.

Co-ordinating can also involve the organization of a group.

Suggested reading

 * Malone, T. W. and Crowston, K. (1991). Toward an interdisciplinary study of coordination. Center for Coordination Science, MIT.