◥ University. {q} PhD. {s} Stakeholder. {s} Teacher. ⚫ USA. Systems Theory/Coordination. Coordination[edit] Coordination may be defined as the process of managing dependencies between activities (Malone & Crowstone, 1994). The need for coordination arises from the fact that literally all organizations are a complex aggregation of diverse systems, which need to work or be operated in concert to produce desired outcomes. To simplify the picture, one could decompose an organization into three broad components of actors, goals and resources. The actors, comprising of entities such as management, employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders perform interdependent activities aimed at achieving certain goals. To perform these activities, the actors require various types of inputs or resources.
As explained later in the paper the inputs may themselves be interdependent in the ways that they are acquired, created or used. Multiple actors and interactions, resources and goals need to be coordinated if common desired outcomes are to be achieved. References[edit] What is Coordination Theory? (Malone) What is Coordination Theory. Theory of Value. Book: Theory of Value.
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