Department

As Department designates one divisions such as z.B. , . Departments possess frequently also a their own and strategic department are then called.

A strategic department (SGE) is each organizational unit, the exactly defined enterprise strategies and a manager also Profit responsibility possesses (Aaker 1989) Requirements for a SGE are:

• the activities summarized in a SGE are homogeneous regarding the relevant success factors (homogeneity criterion)
• the range is to a large extent independent regarding its products, markets and resources of other business fields (independence condition)