Human Resources Concepts

verb To organize or divide into departments.

• In order to increase efficiency, the company decided to departmentalize their operations.
• They're planning to departmentalize the team so that everyone has a clear role.
• Let's departmentalize the project by assigning specific tasks to each person.
• Sometimes it's better to departmentalize your thoughts and focus on one thing at a time.

noun a person who uses deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes

• A social engineer is someone who manipulates people into divulging confidential information.
• Watch out for those social engineers trying to scam you online.
• I heard that social engineer got caught trying to hack into a company's database.
• In a way, a good salesperson is like a social engineer, persuading customers to buy products.