💼intro to business review

Process departmentalization

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Process departmentalization involves organizing an organization's structure based on the sequence of production activities or processes involved in creating a product or service. It groups jobs that are part of the same process or series of steps to achieve an end result.

Course connection

Topic 7.1: 7.1 Building Organizational Structures

Unit 7
Process departmentalization Definition for Intro to Business | Fiveable