Review article
Categories for Studying Coordination in the Administrative System
Teo Giljević
orcid.org/0000-0002-2948-8973
; Chair of Administrative Science, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb,Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper analyses the concept of coordination in the administrative system. Coordination consists of connecting different elements of an organisation and simultaneous adjustment of the organisation with its surroundings in order to achieve the objectives of the administrative system. The first part of the paper deals with theoretical approaches to the concept of coordination, main types of coordination, and coordination barriers. The second part outlines the scope of coordination: intra-organisational, inter-organisational, and inter-sectoral coordination. In the third part, the author analyses the coordination mechanisms and coordination tools in the administrative system, thus showing different coordination options. Coordination mechanisms are manners in which an organisation or a social group react to the pressure of uncertainty, uneasiness caused by the lack of inner orientation of their activities, and unreliability of expectations with regard to other actors’ behaviour. None of the mechanisms and none of their coordination instruments are either good or bad in their own right. The choice between them is not a matter of ideology, it is merely a matter of choosing the method of coordination most suitable for certain working conditions.
Keywords
coordination; coordination intensity; coordination mechanisms; instruments of coordination; administrative system; administrative organisations
Hrčak ID:
131279
URI
Publication date:
18.12.2013.
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