Definition

The collection Department is a subset of Organization. An element of Department is a major sub-organization of a business, government, or academic organization. An element of Department is part of the organization to which it belongs, NOT a separate legal entity (such as a partly or wholly owned subsidiary company), and it performs some of the activity of that organization. In Cyc, the collection Department includes generically what may be called a division, department, office, bureau, ministry, etc., within an actual organization. Common types of departments include those represented by the subsets LegalDepartment, SecurityDepartment, PayrollDepartment, AccountingDepartment, HumanResourcesDepartment, AcademicDepartment, and CustomerServiceDepartment (and many others).

Broader Subject Concepts  umbel: Thing  umbel: Agent Generic  umbel: Agent Partially Tangib...  umbel: Individual  umbel: Information Store  umbel: Intelligent Agent  umbel: Multi Individual Agent  umbel: Partially Intangible  umbel: Partially Intangible In...  umbel: Something Existing All concepts...  umbel: Temporal Thing  umbel: Group  umbel: Multi Individual Agent ...  umbel: Social Being  umbel: Organization	Narrower Subject Concepts  umbel: Executive Department U...  umbel: Foreign Office  umbel: Hospital Customers Mar...  umbel: Managed Care Customers ...  umbel: A I Research Department  umbel: Academic Department  umbel: Accounting Department  umbel: Accounts Payable Depart...  umbel: Accounts Receivable Dep...  umbel: Admissions Department All concepts...  umbel: Agriculture Department  umbel: Anthropology Department  umbel: Auto Body Repair Depart...  umbel: Auto Parts Department  umbel: Auto Service Department  umbel: Biology Department  umbel: Botany Department  umbel: Budget Department  umbel: Bursars Office  umbel: Campus Police  umbel: Chemistry Department  umbel: Classics Department  umbel: Commissioners Office S...  umbel: Computer Science Depart...  umbel: Directors Office  umbel: E E O Office  umbel: Economics Department  umbel: Engineering Academic De...  umbel: Federal Department  umbel: Food Services Departmen...  umbel: Fundraising Department  umbel: Grounds Maintenance Dep...  umbel: Help Desk Organization  umbel: History Department  umbel: Insurance Claims Depart...  umbel: Investment Department  umbel: Linguistics Department  umbel: Mail Department  umbel: Market Research Departm...  umbel: Marketing Department  umbel: Mathematics Department  umbel: Ministry  umbel: Payroll Department  umbel: Philosophy Department  umbel: Physics Department  umbel: Presidents Office  umbel: Psychology Department  umbel: Quality Assurance Depar...  umbel: Sales Department  umbel: Ticket Office  umbel: Trading Department  umbel: Training Department  umbel: University Development ...  umbel: Zoology Department  umbel: Administrative Departme...  umbel: Customer Service Depart...  umbel: Design Department  umbel: Engineering Department  umbel: Ethics Counsel  umbel: Facilities Department  umbel: Finance Department  umbel: Front Office  umbel: Government Department  umbel: Human Resources Departm...  umbel: I T Department  umbel: Library Department  umbel: Production Department  umbel: Public Relations Depart...  umbel: Purchasing Department  umbel: Research And Developmen...  umbel: Security Department  umbel: Shipping And Receiving ...  umbel: Store Department  umbel: University Department
Broader External Classes • foaf:Agent • foaf:Group • foaf:Organization • rdfs:Class • rdfs:Resource • owl:Class • owl:Thing	Narrower External Classes Category not requested	Equivalent External Classes • cyc:Department

Might be the Subject of these Predicates • foaf:mbox • foaf:gender • foaf:weblog • foaf:birthday • mo:performed All predicates... • mo:engineered • mo:produced • foaf:icqChatID • foaf:mbox_sha1sum • foaf:jabberID • foaf:aimChatID • foaf:yahooChatID • foaf:msnChatID • foaf:openid • foaf:tipjar • foaf:made • foaf:holdsAccount • mo:listened • mo:conducted • mo:myspace • mo:onlinecommunity • mo:published • mo:collaborated_with • mo:possess_item • mo:want_item • mo:sell_item • mo:exchange_item • bibo:prefixName • bibo:suffixName • foaf:member • dcterms:title • dcterms:description • dcterms:language • dcterms:issued • dcterms:subject • dcterms:isReferencedBy • dcterms:isPartOf • dcterms:identifier • dcterms:publisher • dcterms:contributor • bibo:interviewer • bibo:interviewee • bibo:director • dcterms:date • dcterms:rights • bibo:abstract • bibo:shortDescription • dcterms:coverage • foaf:fundedBy • foaf:page • foaf:depiction • foaf:name • foaf:maker • foaf:homepage • foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf • foaf:logo • foaf:theme

Might be the Object of these Predicates • foaf:member • mo:performer • mo:engineer • mo:producer • foaf:maker All predicates... • sioc:account_of • event:agent • mo:listener • mo:conductor • mo:composer • mo:publisher • mo:collaborated_with • mo:singer • bibo:organizer • bibo:owner • bibo:producer • bibo:distributor • bibo:issuer • bibo:editor • bibo:translator • bibo:interviewer • bibo:interviewee • bibo:director • bibo:performer • bibo:recipient • mo:member_of • bibo:court • dcterms:description • cc:legalcode • cc:morePermissions • cc:attributionURL • dcterms:subject • dcterms:isReferencedBy • dcterms:isPartOf • bibo:reviewOf • bibo:transcriptOf • bibo:annotates • bibo:shortDescription • foaf:fundedBy • foaf:mbox • foaf:depicts • foaf:topic_interest • foaf:pastProject • foaf:currentProject • foaf:logo • foaf:topic • foaf:made • foaf:primaryTopic • foaf:theme