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# How to create Department?

How to create Department?

###### Roles and Permissions:

**Organization Owner/Manager :**
* They can Create, View, Edit, Delete, View departments.

**Delivery Head :**
* They can view only the departments to which they are assigned.

**Dept Head(User):**
* They can View, Edit and Modify departments to which they are assigned.

**Project Manager (User) :**
* They can view only the departments to which they are assigned.

**Team Lead(User):**
* They can view only the departments to which they are assigned.

**User :**
* They can view only the departments to which they are assigned.

Please refer following link for accessing Roles and Permission : https://support.workstatus.io/en/article/workstatus-roles-and-permissions-guide-zzkoo6/

Create different teams/departments to streamline your workflow.

**STEP 1 :**

Navigate to **Department** on the sidebar.

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**STEP 2 :**

Click on **New Department** .

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**STEP 3 :**

Enter details as Department Name, Head, Team and members to be added in your department & Click ** Save ** button.

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# Editing and Removing the Department

To edit an existing Department’s name, Head, Team, members >> navigate to Department on the sidebar menu, then next to the team you wish to edit, click on Actions -> Edit  department.
Similarly To remove the existing Department >> navigate to Department on the sidebar menu, then next to the team you wish to edit, click on Actions -> Remove department.

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# Change Department Head
To edit an existing Department’s Head >> navigate to Department on the sidebar menu, then next to the team you wish to edit, click on Actions -> Edit  department.

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### Filter and Search
* You can know to which department the team and its members have been added through the filter option.

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* You can search specific department through the search option.

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Note : 

A) To enable/disable the department in an account & setting permissions, Please follow this link : https://support.workstatus.io/en/article/workstatus-settings-3nhdtc/

B) Department Module.

As a Individual member - All the member of the team should be pre selected in the individual member list.

Org owner / manager can select or deselect any member from that list (team /individual)

if Org Owner / Manager remove / deselect all the member of any team -- team should also be removed from the Team list.