Convenience

References:
Ethics and Compliance Officer Association,
“Kathleen Edmond, Chief Ethics Officer, Best Buy,” Board
of Directors, 2011, www.theecoa.org, accessed on November
13, 2013; Best Buy Inc., “Code of Business Ethics,” 2008,
www.bestbuy.com, accessed on November 13, 2013; and
Kathleen Edmond, “Supervisor Takes Massive Discounts,”
Kathleen Edmond, Best Buy’s Chief Ethics Officer, January
13, 2009, www.kathleenedmond.com, accessed on Novem-
ber 13, 2013.
(
Note:
In the real situation, a decision to terminate the
supervisor was originally made by his superiors, and his
request for a hearing before the Peer Review panel was
made as an appeal to this decision. The decision to termi-
nate was upheld.)
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accomplished by
coordination
—the process of linking the activities of the various
departments of the organization.
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The Need for Coordination
The primary reason for coordination is that depart-
ments and work groups are interdependent—they depend on one another for informa-
tion and resources to perform their respective activities. The greater the interdependence
between departments, the more coordination the organization requires if departments
are to be able to perform effectively. The three major forms of interdependence are
pooled, sequential, and reciprocal.
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