Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
Department of Justice Canada
Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces
Department of Social Services
Department of the Interior
department store
departmental
departmental display
departmentalise
departmentalism
departmentalize
departure
departure lounge
depasture
depauperate
depend
depend on
dependable
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

departmentalism

de·part·men·tal·ism [ di prt mént'l ìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. policy of making departments: the division of organizations into departments, particularly as a deliberate policy that is taken to excess

2. tendency to consider only own department: the tendency of government departments to follow their own interests

Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft