directorates
Governing board sections
Directorates are administrative divisions or departments within larger organizations, typically governmental or corporate.
Each directorate handles a specific area of responsibility under the leadership of a director: The intelligence agency reorganized its directorates.
The term suggests bureaucratic structure and formal hierarchy: She was promoted to head the directorate of operations.
Subdivisions of an organization
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
- bureausAdministrative divisions or dressers
- branchesLimbs of trees
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
sections · offices · agencies · administrations · boards · commissions · councils · committees
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
regulation · control · supervision · coordination · management · accountability · policy · compliance
Flat rigid panel
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- commissionersOfficials heading regulatory bodies
- chiefsTop-ranking leaders
- headsTop of bodies
appointments · tenure · succession · steering · vision · strategy · guidance · decision-making
Administrative written tasks
- formalitiesConventional procedural requirements
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- officialdomCollective administrative authorities
institutional · clerical · files · records · protocol · government · ministerial · administrative
departments
Subdivisions of an organization
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
- bureausAdministrative divisions or dressers
- branchesLimbs of trees
units · sections · offices · agencies · administrations · boards · commissions · councils · committees · secretariats
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
administration · regulation · control · supervision · coordination · management · accountability · policy · compliance · enforcement
board
Flat rigid panel
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- commissionersOfficials heading regulatory bodies
- chiefsTop-ranking leaders
heads · appointments · tenure · succession · steering · vision · strategy · guidance · decision-making · stewardship
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- formalitiesConventional procedural requirements
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
officialdom · institutional · clerical · files · records · protocol · government · ministerial · administrative · approvals
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- EU Policytrade negotiations, climate policy, energy policy, migration policy, defense policy
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- boardsblackboard, whiteboard, chalkboard, cutting board, clipboard
directoratesgrassroots movements
Citizen-led collective action
grassroots organizations · working groups · volunteer groups · affinity groups · task forces
directoratesrank and file
Ordinary members collectively
workforce · subordinates · labor force · employees · workers
directoratesassemblies
Organized group gatherings
councils · cooperatives · collectives · worker councils · town halls