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to departmentalize

to departmentalize

1 6.4
To divide an organization into groups that each do their own work
  • verb
  • /dɪˈpɑːrtˌmɛntəlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : departamentalizar
  • In order to enhance productivity, the manager suggested they departmentalize the sales team into specialized groups.
  • departmentalized setting

Examples

  • First, in departmentalized settings, young children are not able to see the relatedness of subject matter nearly as well as they can in self-contained situations.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Participants were taught in a departmentalized setting and divided among 12 social studies classes that met daily for 52 minutes.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Why are most museums, for example, so departmentalized when that is not how we live?

    Blog text (26)
  • Hence, many students, as they progress through school and enter departmentalized subject areas, have no opportunity to make connections between social studies and science.

    Academic text (2004)
  • We have departmentalized our knowledge, processing it within our own little artificial domains when in reality it would be integrated and presented as a whole.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Practice of a profession in the field does not come neatly departmentalized into technical theory, ethical theory, customer relations, and so on.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Two problems identified with the middle schools are that many are departmentalized and teachers are responsible for a variety of subjects (Catalanello, 2003; Havner, 2003).

    Academic text (2006)
  • Classroom teachers generally recognize the value of integrating rather than departmentalizing the children's education, but they need to be convinced that it is worth their time and commitment to make that belief a reality.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The company decided to departmentalize its operations to improve efficiency and focus on specific tasks.

  • After the merger, they chose to departmentalize the workforce, assigning clear roles and responsibilities to each department.

Synonyms

to divide
vsto departmentalize
680 1.1

To split something into parts or groups

refers to creating distinct units each given specific responsibilities
to compartmentalize
vsto departmentalize
24 7.4

To separate parts of your life, work, or feelings so they stay apart

arrange organizational units so each handles its own responsibilities
to modularize
vsto departmentalize
  • Specialized
1 7.0

To divide something into smaller parts to make it easier to manage

focus on creating separate units that hold distinct responsibilities
to sectionalize
vsto departmentalize
8.0

To divide a country or city into areas for local government

organize an institution into units each with specific responsibilities

Antonyms

179 4.1

To join things or ideas so they form one whole

65 3.7

To bring people or things together into one group

How Divided

to fragment
39 3.7
to divide
680 1.1
to departmentalize
  • Specialized
1 6.4
to group
38 1.2
to unify
65 3.7

Surface Forms

departmentalize infinitive
departmentalized past participle
departmentalizing present participle
departmentalizes third person singular

Morphology

departmentalize = departmental (transparent) = department + al + ize

The suffix '-ize' is transparently used to form a verb meaning 'to make departmental'.

Etymology

Departmentalize comes from department, which is built on part meaning 'part' or 'section'. The ending -ize means 'to make', so the whole word literally means 'to make into parts', which is why to departmentalize is to divide an organization into separate departments.