Department

A department is a part of a larger organization with a specific responsibility. For the division of organizations into departments, see departmentalization.

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• A government department in the United States and Switzerland corresponds to a ministry in other systems:
• Department (US government)
• Department (Swiss government)
• A geographic area of a centralized country which functions as an administrative unit, modelled on the French d?partements (in Spanish, departamento):
• Departments of Benin
• Departments of Bolivia
• Departments of Colombia
• Departments of C?te d'Ivoire
• Departments of El Salvador
• Departments of France
• Departments of Guatemala
• Departments of Honduras
• Departments of Nicaragua
• Departments of Niger
• Departments of Paraguay
• Departments of Uruguay
• Part of an institution such as a commercial company (see departmentalization) or a non-profit organization such as a university.
• Academic department
• A department store includes many specialized departments.
• In the US military:
• "Department" is a term used by the US Army, mostly prior to World War I.
• A naval Department is a section devoted to one of several major tasks.
• Part of a state or municipal government:
• Fire department
• Police department

Department related Images and Photos (experimental)

DotCom - Department of Redundancy Department.	Department of Eagles: In Ear Park	Department of Eagles: In Ear Park	The Department of Domestic Science (Chemistry) at the Pratt Institute Brooklyn
Gimbel Brothers Department Store Philadelphia Pennsylvania	Old Department of Justice Building Plein Square Korte Vuverburg Den Haag Holland	Egyptian State Tourist Department	Egyptian State Tourist Department
Department Store Santa Clause with Talking with Two Boys Sitting on His Lap	The Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department Practices Firefighting	Panorama of Moscow Depicting Department Store "Gum" and the Bolshoi Theatre in Red Square 1819	The British Machinery Department Class 5 of the Great Industrial Exhibition of All Nations 1851