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# Manage departments

> Create departments, assign managers and people, and maintain organizational scope.

Departments organize Visibility reporting, spend attribution, and
manager-scoped access. Workspace administrators manage them from
**Settings → Departments**.

## Create a department

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Departments">
    Open **Settings → Departments**, then select **Add department**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Describe the department">
    Enter a unique **Name** and, when useful, a **Description**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Assign managers">
    Select one or more **Managers**. A manager must be represented as an
    employee in the department they oversee.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the department">
    Select **Add department**, then open it to add people.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Change a department

Open a department and select **Edit department** to change its name,
description, status, or managers. Select **Add people** to change membership,
then verify that people and activity roll up to the intended department.

<Warning>
  An organization administrator cannot simultaneously be assigned as a
  department manager. Change the person's organization role to **Member**
  before assigning manager scope.
</Warning>

## Delete a department

Open the department, select **Delete**, and confirm the action. Review and
reassign its people first so reporting and manager access do not lose their
intended organizational context.

<Card title="Understand organization scope" icon="building" href="/docs/platform/organization">
  See how departments, managers, members, and observed employees differ.
</Card>