departmentalizes

Divides into units

Departmentalizes means divides into separate departments or categories.

Organizations departmentalize work by function, geography, or product line.

The word also describes mental compartmentalization—keeping different aspects of life or thought separate: He departmentalizes his work and home life so completely that colleagues don't know he has children.

categorization

classifies

Assigns to groups

  • sortsClassifies or kinds
  • groupsCollections of related things
  • labelsIdentifying markers attached to items

files · indexes · arranges · orders · ranks · segregates · separates · subdivides · assigns · allocates

bureaucracy

compartmentalizes

Isolates into sections

sections · branches · separates · isolates · fragments · partitions · delegates · assigns · allocates · distributes

specialization

silos

Farm storage towers

isolates · segments · separates · subdivides · assigns · delegates · specializes · professionalizes · expertise · niches

Opposites
organizational structure

departmentalizesconsolidates

Combines into stronger whole

merges · unifies · integrates · centralizes · combines

Family

departmentalize, departmentalized, departmentalizing

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