Department facts for kids

Department can mean several things:

• Departmentalisation, the division of a larger organisation into parts with specific tasks
  • Academic department, a division of a school's faculty devoted to a particular subject
  • Ministry (government department), a division of a government with a specific responsibility
• Department (country subdivision), a type of administrative division within a country
  • Departments of France
  • Departments of Argentina
  • Departments of Haiti
• Fire department, an organisation that provides firefighting services
• Police department, a body empowered by the state to enforce the law

Other uses

• Department store, a retail store that has several departments dedicated to different types of products, such as clothing or household items