departmentalization
Creating distinct units
Departmentalization is the division of an organization into distinct units based on function, product, geography, or other criteria.
Each department handles specific responsibilities: The company's departmentalization by region allowed managers to focus on local markets.
The term appears mainly in business and management contexts, describing how work and authority get distributed across an organization's structure.
Organized cooperative movement
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
supervision · oversight · governance · administration · bureaucracy · authority · reporting · accountability
Structured group with purpose
- segmentationDivision into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- categorizationArranging into groups
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
arrangement · framework · hierarchy · configuration · grouping · ordering · stratification · taxonomy
Sequential task progression
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
bottlenecks · integration · collaboration · budgeting · overhead · consolidation
Skill from extensive practice
- functionalAble to operate correctly
- divisionalOf or concerning segments
- geographicOf physical places
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
skills · proficiency · technical · domain-specific · dedicated · focused · professional · subject-matter
coordination
Organized cooperative movement
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
restructuring · supervision · oversight · governance · administration · bureaucracy · authority · reporting · accountability · jurisdictions
organization
Structured group with purpose
- segmentationDivision into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- categorizationArranging into groups
classification · arrangement · framework · hierarchy · configuration · grouping · ordering · stratification · taxonomy · schematization
workflow
Sequential task progression
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- redundancyNeedless duplication
duplication · bottlenecks · integration · collaboration · budgeting · overhead · consolidation
expertise
Skill from extensive practice
- functionalAble to operate correctly
- divisionalOf or concerning segments
- geographicOf physical places
matrix · skills · proficiency · technical · domain-specific · dedicated · focused · professional · subject-matter · vertical
- division of labourspecialization, assembly line, workflow, delegation
- org structurehierarchy, divisions, matrix, division, centralization
departmentalizationunification
Merging into one entity
centralization · integration · consolidation · merger · amalgamation