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Coordination

Coordination, co-ordination or coordination 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.

Examples might include hand-eye coordination in racket sports (see blind contour drawing), or coordination between those stocking products and those selling it in the retail business.

In chemistry, a co-ordination compound, refers usually to metal complexes of various kinds.

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.

It can be used in politics, for coherent action of different public Administrations in the same country (i.e. between an State and a Federal Administration).

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

See coordination game for coordination in game theory.