departmentally
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- adverb
- /dɪˈpɑrtməntəli/
- Specialized
- The higher the level of the institution or department, the more local control the department has in determining merit, as indicated by their having a departmentally developed plan rather than a college or university developed merit plan.
Examples
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In a large organization, decisions are often made departmentally to allow for specialized management.
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Departmentally speaking, I got no downside here.
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Regardless of how the weighting is done, institutionally or departmentally, make sure all of your employees know that the weights have changed.
Academic text (1997) -
Neaman Bond Associates (1997) found that departmentally, IT was most frequently in charge of the project, whether it was the euro or Y2K.
Academic text (1999) -
Additionally, there is a significant relationship (p<.05) in that departments that offer graduate degrees have merit plans that are more departmentally developed and hence have greater local control over their merit plan.
Academic text (1992) -
This competency involves the ability to understand and administer business information cross-departmentally in a manner that inspires confidence, instills trust, and accomplishes the organization's goals.
Blog text (2) -
The team collaborated departmentally to ensure all projects aligned with the overall goals of the organization.
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The training programs were designed departmentally to meet the specific needs of each division within the company.
Surface Forms
Morphology
departmentally = departmental (transparent) = department + al + ly
Regular adjective-to-adverb formation from 'departmental' + '-ly', producing an adverb describing manner.
Etymology
Departmentally comes from the word department, which means a 'division' or 'part' of a larger group and includes the familiar root part. So, to do something departmentally is to do it by those separate parts or teams inside an organization.