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SERVICE DEPARTMENT [5 records]

Record 1 2016-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
CONT

Until the 1950s, mathematics departments were primarily service departments, teaching necessary skills to science and engineering students and teaching mathematics to most students solely for its liberal-arts role as a valuable intellectual training of the mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
CONT

[...] un enseignant représentant les départements contributifs (histoire de l'art, mathématiques ou psychologie technique).

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
  • Corporate Structure
DEF

A department providing assistance or benefits to departments directly involved in production, e. g., cost accounting, heating plant, personnel, repairs and maintenance, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Structures de l'entreprise
DEF

Service (par exemple le service de l'entretien) dont le rôle, dans une usine, est de fournir soutien et assistance afin d'assurer le bon fonctionnement des ateliers de fabrication, et dont les frais doivent être répartis entre les sections utilisatrices de ces services.

OBS

Par opposition aux sections auxiliaires, il existe des sections principales, c'est-à-dire des sections de production, des sections de distribution, etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
DEF

A grouping of activities that might be carried on in other departments but are brought together in a specialized department for purposes of efficiency, control, or both; as such, service departments are operating department, but because they are comprised of specialists, they are often also used for staff advice and are often given functional authority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
DEF

Division regroupant un ensemble d'activités non directement liées à la production pour des raisons d'efficacité et de contrôle. Considérée comme une unité opérationnelle, elle joue très souvent un rôle consultatif en raison du caractère spécialisé de son personnel.

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Real Estate
  • Management Operations (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Immobilier
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

ministère prestateur de services : Grand projet de la Couronne 1.5, p. 7.

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Industries
  • Telecommunications
  • Television (Radioelectricity)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries diverses
  • Télécommunications
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

(...) de l'entreprise de télédistribution (...)

Spanish

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