a section of an organization, usually centered on a specialized function, under the responsibility of a head of department or team leader
Wiktionary Definition for: Department
#A part, portion, or subdivision.
#A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
Ex:*Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar '''department''' of literature. ''Macaulay''.
#Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
#A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
#A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
#(''Obsolete'') Act of departing; departure.
Ex:*Sudden departments from one extreme to another. ''Wotton''.
FAIRFAX, Va. -- ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT), a leading provider of innovative technologies and solutions focused on mission-critical national security programs for the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. federal government customers announced today...
WASHINGTON AP -- The Justice Department is investigating possible anti-competitive practices in securities firms' underwriting of initial public offerings of stock, a department spokeswoman said Friday.
May Department Stores Co. and Federated Department Stores will reportedly seek endorsement of a planned $11 billion merger from ... May Department Stores Co. and Federated Department Stores will reportedly seek endorsement of a planned $11 billion merger from shareholders this month. The...
The U.S. Department of Labor said it is providing a $202,000 grant to the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation to fund a study aimed at finding ways to retain older workers in health care industry careers. The department said it has identified the health care industry as one...
These minutes were prepared by Tax Executives Institute, and although reviewed by the Treasury Department, they have not been formally approved by the Department.
The industrial and systems engineering department at Virginia Tech celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. The department was established in 1920 as the department of commercial engineering, It was the fifth IE department in the United States. The industrial and systems engineering...
The Department of Correction and the Department of Environment and Conservation are the two leading agencies to participate. Johnson Controls has done site surveys at all 19 Department of Correction facilities and is conducting site surveys at some of the stateÆs 54 parks. A needs analysis was conducted with the...
May Department Stores has signed an agreement to acquire two Marshall Field's department store locations in Columbus, OH, from Target Corp. They will become Kaufman's department stores. The two ... May Department Stores has signed an agreement to acquire...
The success of any business depends on the manner it markets its products and services. The onus of marketing products and services lies on the shoulders of the marketing department. But, it is also important to market the marketing department in an appropriate manner to reap maximum benefits. The process...
Environmentally friendly and sustainable efforts earned the Oregon Department of Transportation high marks from an association of transportation officials, who on Sunday gave the department one of three awards lauding best practices and the only one hailing environmental progress.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Career Education Corporation (Nasdaq:CECO) said as a result of its inquiry to the Justice Department it was advised that the Department is conducting an investigation concerning the company. The company made its inquiry to the Justice Department following published reports of an investigation.
CLEVELAND -- Case Western Reserve University Interim President Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D., has announced the establishment of the department of plastic surgery at the school of medicine. Bahman Guyuron, M.D., distinguished faculty member who holds the Clifford L. Kiehn M.D., - John D. DesPrez M.D. Professorship of Plastic and Reconstructive...
* Keep an eye on a probe of the DRAM industry by the U.S. Justice Department. The antitrust division of the department is looking into pricing practices of DRAM ... * Keep an eye on a probe of the DRAM industry by the U.S. Justice...
This paper assesses that what does Credit Department mean for the average credit manager? Credit professionals need to redouble their investment in their own professional development. Credit managers should stay current with technological changes, and embrace the changes that reduce cost and headcount and/or make the credit department more efficient...
The debate over the creation of a new Department of Homeland Security DHS dominated the 2nd session of the 107th,Congress. Most political analysts described the creation of the new department as the most ambitious legislative undertaking since the creation of the Department of Defense shortly after World War II.
Department Store Demise: Three local Robinsons-May stores will close as the result of a pending acquisition of Robinsons-May's parent, May Department Stores Co., by the Federated Department Stores Inc., which runs Macy's. The acquisition, announce Department Store Demise: Three local Robinsons-May stores will...
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