Title
Coordination continuum from communication to consolidation
Text Version
The image describes four levels of organizational or operational integration, depicted through an arrow moving from left to right. The four stages are:
- Communication: Sharing information while acting independently, with an emphasis on creating regular opportunities for communication.
- Coordination: Informal joint efforts on selected tasks, typically through non-binding actions.
- Collaboration: Formal joint efforts on selected tasks, typically through binding agreements like memoranda of understanding or interlocal agreements.
- Consolidation: Full integration of selected or all functions through mutual consent and legal transfer of authority into a single legal entity.
- Each stage is represented visually by a group of trains or transit symbols to indicate increasing levels of integration, from independent to fully unified.