departmentalization
- noun
- /dɪˌpɑːrtˌmɛntəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
departamentalización
- Boyer (1987) laments the traditional tendency toward departmentalization in the following:
And a lot of it was purpose built departmentalization.
- And a lot of it was purpose built departmentalization.
Examples
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In recent years, physical education has been in a "turf battle" with other academic disciplines over the departmentalization of dance.
Academic text (1992) -
Preservation of the status quo is, therefore, the dominant theme, the reforms of the Mitterrand governments in the 1980s being more a necessary modernization of the policy of departmentalization than a fundamental challenge to it.
Academic text (1992) -
Departmentalization has valorized French identity more than ever before in the history of the island.
Academic text (2003) -
Following each general session, there were smaller group sessions centered around the three most common modes: self-contained, departmentalization, and special class teaching.
Academic text (1990) -
Departmentalization both intensified the cultural hierarchy of the colonial period and pushed it into a new, more dangerous phase.
Academic text (2003) -
Marked increases in the scale of firms and other law practice settings have resulted in increasing departmentalization and bureaucracy, constraining lawyers' autonomy.
Academic text (1997) -
However, regard Haitians as possessing what departmentalization explicitly devalues, especially in symbolic terms.
Academic text (2003) -
They were: departmentalization of elementary schools, gender issues concerning elementary school teachers, the metric system, English number words, order of core subjects in practicum, field experience in general, and advice to the next group of students.
Academic text (2008) -
Haitians, however, remain locked out of this open-ended, syncretic, and definitionally "Creole" mixture, and the reasons lie in the deepening contradictions of departmentalization.
Academic text (2003) -
The process of departmentalization helps organizations become more efficient by dividing tasks among specialized units.
Synonyms
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3.7
Major changes to how a company or group is set up
3
6.0
Dividing something into parts or groups
1
8.0
Dividing something into separate parts to keep things organized
A process of dividing something into separate parts to make it easier to manage
Antonyms
How Divided
Surface Forms
Morphology
departmentalization = departmentalize (transparent) = department + al + ize + ation
The noun is a regular -ation nominalization of the verb 'departmentalize', so the relation is directly derived.
Etymology
Departmentalization comes from the word department, which is built around part, a simple word that means 'piece'. So departmentalization is the process of dividing an organization into separate 'parts' or units, each with its own job.