Departments for the US

A department is a division of a business enterprise dealing with a particular area or activity to which you can assign workers. Departments are organizations with one or more operational objectives or responsibilities that exist independently of their manager.

For example, sales, research and development, and Human Resources.

No data is required or captured at this level. However, Implementation Teams can create a department structure for an enterprise in the organizational structure setup phase of the project.

Here's an example of departments and cost centers.

This figure illustrates how departments belong to legal entities within a multinational enterprise structure.

Departments and Cost Centers

You track a department's financial performance through one or more cost centers.

A cost center represents the smallest segment of an organization for which you allocate and report on costs. The manager of a department is typically responsible for cost control by meeting a budget. They might be responsible for the assets used by the department.

Tracking Headcount

You can report and keep track of headcount by creating a department hierarchy using Oracle Fusion Trees.