The American spelling; the process of organizing something into separate departments or the state of being divided into departments.
From department + -al + -ization (American spelling). Standard English word formation creating an abstract noun from a verb.
Departmentalization shaped the modern world—it's the principle behind everything from hospitals to corporations to governments, making it possibly the most invisible and influential organizing idea of the 20th century.
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