Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

stafafdeling

English translation:

support department

Added to glossary by Chris Hopley
Nov 12, 2009 12:29
14 yrs ago
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Dutch term

stafafdeling

Dutch to English Bus/Financial Human Resources
verantwoordelijk voor de stafafdeling Algemene Zaken (31 medewerkers) bestaande uit Communicatie, Directiesecretariaat, Receptie, Facilitaire Zaken, ICT, KAM en Juridische Zaken
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 support department
4 +2 head office department
3 +1 department
Change log

Nov 17, 2009 09:21: Chris Hopley Created KOG entry

Discussion

Michael Beijer Oct 29, 2014:
shared services See also:

"A shared services center – a center for shared services in an organization – is the entity responsible for the execution and the handling of specific operational tasks, such as accounting, human resources, payroll, IT, legal, compliance, purchasing, security. The shared services center is often a spin-off of the corporate services to separate all operational type of tasks from the corporate headquarters, which has to focus on a leadership and corporate governance type of role. As shared services centers are often cost centers, they are quite cost-sensitive also in terms of their headcount, labour costs and location selection criteria." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_services_center )
Michael Beijer Oct 29, 2014:
JurLex: stafafdeling = staff department; corporate services department
Michael Beijer Oct 29, 2014:
FELOnline: stafafdeling [stafdienst] =
corporate support department
central [staff] department
head-office department
corporate centre
corporate [staff] department
group [staff] department
[central] support department
corporate policy unit
central service department
service unit
headquarters
administrative department
jarry (X) Nov 17, 2009:
Head office departmemt See for instance: http://www.sactwu.org.za/hodepstaff.asp
469,000 Google hits!

Proposed translations

+5
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support department

A stafafdeling is a department that provides support to the core business departments. It generally consists only of cost centres rather than profit centres (i.e. it costs the revenue-generating departments money and has no revenue streams of its own).

-> "Omdat in de lijnorganisatie alles via de lijn loopt, raken lijnmanagers snel overbelast. Ook wordt van ze verwacht dat ze op alle gebieden – van personeelszaken tot automatisering – deskundig zijn, wat in de praktijk natuurlijk niet kan. Om deze lijnmanagers te ondersteunen en te adviseren zijn stafdiensten in het leven geroepen. De lijnhiërarchie verandert hierdoor niet; de stafdiensten werken voor het hele bedrijf of een deel van het bedrijf, maar zijn niet ondergeschikt aan de afdelingen. Ze staan “buiten de lijn”. Veel voorkomende stafdiensten zijn personeelszaken, financiën en automatisering."
http://www.carrieretijger.nl/carriere/profiel/lijn-staf-onde...

-> "Support Departments
Business Affairs
Accounting, Budget and Planning, Bursar, Business Affairs Operations, General Services, Historically Underutilized Businesses, Human Resources, Purchasing, Travel Services.

Information Management and Services
Academic Technology Services, CTRC Information Systems, Information Management Client Support Services, Information Security Office, Integrated Management Information Systems, Systems and Network Operations. "
http://www.uthscsa.edu/support.shtml
Peer comment(s):

agree Textpertise
22 mins
agree writeaway
1 hr
agree Robert Kleemaier : excellent explanation & examples
1 hr
agree philgoddard : Wish all references on ProZ were that good!
6 hrs
agree Michael Beijer
1812 days
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+2
2 mins

head office department

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Peer comment(s):

agree Oliver Pekelharing
12 mins
Thanks
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : It has to be, with so many departments falling under it.
5 hrs
Thanks Tina
neutral Chris Hopley : Implies that there is a separate head office away from core departments, which is not necessarily the case.
5 days
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+1
19 mins

department

The word 'stafafdeling' here just means 'department.'

Not sure whether it should be 'head office', or 'general affairs' though.
Peer comment(s):

agree John Holloway
1 day 6 hrs
Thanks John!
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