directorate
Executive oversight group
A directorate is an administrative body that directs an organization or government department, or the office held by a director.
The term often appears in government and corporate contexts: the CIA's Directorate of Operations, the company's research directorate.
It can also refer to the period during which a director holds office.
Flat rigid panel
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- panelDistinct flat section
assembly · bureau · department · division · agency · office · secretariat · trustees
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- controlAuthority to direct
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
regulation · enforcement · supervision · governance · accountability · compliance · sovereignty · autonomy
Top-ranking leader
- headUppermost body part
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- presidentElected leader of nation
- CEOTop corporate officer
officer · administrator · manager · supervisor · commander · principal · C-suite · vice-president
Rigid administrative system
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- planningArranging for future events
scheduling · documentation · protocol · procedure · records · filing · implementation · facilitation
board
Flat rigid panel
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- commissionPayment for services rendered
panel · assembly · bureau · department · division · agency · office · secretariat · trustees · delegates
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- controlAuthority to direct
command · regulation · enforcement · supervision · governance · accountability · compliance · sovereignty · autonomy · delegation
chief
Top-ranking leader
CEO · officer · administrator · manager · supervisor · commander · principal · C-suite · vice-president · appointee
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
planning · scheduling · documentation · protocol · procedure · records · filing · implementation · facilitation · infrastructure
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- authoritiesrulers, ruler, leaders, leader, officials
- governing bodiesgoverning body, governing council, senate, parliament, executive committee
- institutionsacademy, government, public hospitals, museum, public libraries
- organizationteam, group, company, department, club
- organizational unitsdepartment, division, branch, unit, section
directorateshareholders
Owners of company stock
constituents · membership · electorate · stakeholders · subsidiary