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PHARMACY PRACTICE-VIII
(PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING)
TYPES AND IMPORTANCE OF CO-ORDINATION
LECTURE # 11
a) Functional departmentalization
b) Divisional departmentalization
similarity in functions
Manufacturing
QC Department Sales Department HR Department
Department
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For example, a manufacturing
company may create a production
department, sales and marketing
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department, an accounting
department, and a human resources
department.
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Suitability: It is most suitable when the size of
products.
Advantages
Efficient use of resources
Optimum utilization of manpower
Increases managerial efficiency
Eliminates duplication of efforts
Promotes control and coordination within a department
Disadvantages
Difficult to get quick decision
Harder to determine accountability /responsibility
May lead to conflicts
Coordination problem
Delay in decision making
b. Divisional Departmentalization
In organizations using divisional structures,
departments represent the unique products, services,
customers, or geographic locations the company is
serving.
Thus each unique product or service the company is
producing will have its own department.
1. Internal Coordination
2. External Coordination
1. Internal Coordination:
a) Horizontal coordination:
Horizontal Coordination refers between the persons of
the same status. Coordination between the departmental
heads, supervisors, co-workers
b) Vertical coordination:
Superior coordinates his work with his subordinates and
vice versa. Sales manager coordinates his work with the
activities of the sales supervisor.
Vertical co-ordination on the other hand demands the
symmetrical action of people at various levels for
accomplishing enterprise objectives through the linkage of
individual contributions to the total performance.
Co-ordination is an essence of
management. This is because
there is a need of co-ordination
while carrying on every function of
management. This can be
explained with the help of
following chart
Departmentalization