@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00000837,
 author = {Guo, Feng},
 book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal},
 issue = {1},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {A smooth run and harmonious development of the social system has an intrinsic relation with the social responsibilities of engineers. The engineering technique is a crucial basis for people to understand and reconstruct the world. To construct a harmonious society, coordination is the mechanism making the society run smoothly and develop harmoniously. This paper indicates that coordination is the key for an effective social system, and studies the mechanism of coordination from four aspects including the value, function, malfunction and implementation of coordination. The key of the value of commodity, which exists in the social division of labor and managerial activities, lies in the value of coordination. The division of work promotes working efficiency on the basis of coordination. Managerial activities include coordinating and supervising work. Coordinating work creates value while supervising work does not. Coordination creates value and fuels social development. Additionally, coordination, which is implemented by restrictions, settles the conflict in game. Therefore, the malfunction of coordination stems from the malfunction of restraint, and its primary cause is “institution malfunction” rather than “market malfunction” or “government function”. This paper analyzes the visible and invisible factors that influence coordination, and indicates that the keys of implementation of coordination are confidence and anticipation, the approaches are communication and negotiation, and the mechanism is restraint and incentive. After analyzing coordination the effective working mechanism of social system, this paper explicates from three aspects of the main social responsibilities that an engineer needs to take, which are to propel the innovation and development of engineering technique, to construct the atmosphere and foundation of social cooperation and to promote the comprehensive and continuable development in social harmoniousness.},
 publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems},
 title = {Coordination : the Effective Working Mechanism of Social System : with a discussion on the Social Responsibilities of Engineers},
 volume = {3},
 year = {2007}
}