What is Department?
{{wiktionary|department}} '''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 {{disambiguation}}