Coordination

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

Coordination or Co-Ordination is "the ability to reduce all-together, in oder to generate an only one all." (Alessio Bissoli, 2006)

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.

In chemistry, a coordination compound refers usually to metal complexes of various kinds. Co-ordinating can also involve the organization of a group. It can be used in politics, for coherent action of different public Administration in the same country (i.e. between a State and a Federal Administration).


See coordination game for coordination in game theory. See Coordination in Topology and Space. See Coordination in Science of networks. See Coordination in Petri net. See Coordination in Motion. See Coordination in Human Motion. See Coordination in Robot Motion. See Coordination in Chemistry (Coordination chemistry). See Coordination in Economics (Econophysics). See Coordination in Politics.

Suggested reading

  • Malone, T. W. and Crowston, K. (1991). Toward an interdisciplinary study of coordination. Center for Coordination Science, MIT.
  • Bissoli, Alessio (2006-2007). The CoOrdination: introduction to the coOrdination principles & exploration of motion theories. Star+K press edition.