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Encyclopedia > Departments

The word department has a number of meanings:


It can mean an administrative sector of the government. It designates administrative areas of centralized countries,

In some countries (e.g. United States, Switzerland), department is a term used instead of ministry to define a specific sector of the federal government.

In business, see departmentalization


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