departments
Organizational unit groupings
Departments are divisions within larger organizations—sections responsible for specific functions.
A company has departments for sales, marketing, and human resources.
A university has academic departments: the history department.
Government departments handle areas like defense or transportation.
In stores, departments organize merchandise by category: the shoe department.
In France and some other countries, a department is an administrative district, like a county or province.
Invasive medical procedure
- cardiologyStudy of cardiac disorders
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- neurologyMedical science of nerves
- pediatricsMedicine for minors
orthopedics · radiology · emergency · psychiatry · dermatology · ophthalmology · urology · gynecology
Employee administration department
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- financeProvide money for
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
legal · IT · customer service · procurement · logistics · R&D · compliance · public relations
Inherent power or ability
- deanSenior academic administrator
- professorSenior university teacher
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- syllabusCourse plan document
major · minor · undergraduate · graduate · tenure · research · humanities · sciences
Male clothing collectively
- womenswearClothing designed for females
- cosmeticsSkin-applied beauty substances
- housewaresDomestic household equipment
- electronicsStudy of circuits
sporting goods · appliances · furniture · jewelry · toys · lingerie · footwear · children's
Clergy's work or state department
- agencyPower to act
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
federal · state · municipal · council · authority · regulation · policy · public services
surgery
Invasive medical procedure
- cardiologyStudy of cardiac disorders
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- neurologyMedical science of nerves
pediatrics · orthopedics · radiology · emergency · psychiatry · dermatology · ophthalmology · urology · gynecology · anesthesiology
human resources
Employee administration department
operations · legal · IT · customer service · procurement · logistics · R&D · compliance · public relations · accounting
faculty
Inherent power or ability
- deanSenior academic administrator
- professorSenior university teacher
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
syllabus · major · minor · undergraduate · graduate · tenure · research · humanities · sciences · scholarship
menswear
Male clothing collectively
- womenswearClothing designed for females
- cosmeticsSkin-applied beauty substances
- housewaresDomestic household equipment
electronics · sporting goods · appliances · furniture · jewelry · toys · lingerie · footwear · children's · bedding
ministry
Clergy's work or state department
administration · federal · state · municipal · council · authority · regulation · policy · public services · treasury
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
division · brigade · company · detachment · corps · unit · wing · flotilla · intelligence · quartermaster
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- executive branchexecutive branch, Oval Office, executive power, executive orders, cabinet secretary
- work historyresume, CV, work experience, job titles, employers
- bureaucracy in filmred tape, paperwork, civil servants, government officials, agencies
- Cabinetcabinet ministers, cabinet member, cabinet secretary, cabinet position, cabinet meetings
- city governmentcity hall, city manager, city clerk, city charter, mayor's office
departmentswhole
Full and undivided
company · corporation · institution · organization · enterprise
- department storeLarge multi-section retail establishment
- police departmentOfficial law enforcement body
- fire departmentBlaze-fighting public service
- sanitation departmentAgency handling public cleanliness
- health departmentGovernment body monitoring community wellness
- sheriff's departmentCounty-level police agency
department, department store, departmental, departmentally, interdepartmental, departmentalize, departmentalized, departmentalizing, departmentalizes