Is there another word for dedicated?

Question

We are reorganizing our work structure and one of the changes is to have a dedicated staff for a certain department. By dedicated, we mean they are responsible for a specific job. Some people took it to mean they weren't dedicated to their jobs and they were offended.

Answer 1

Exclusive would probably work.

Why do people get so caught up in titles?

Answer 2

So far, all the answers are synonyms for the meaning of dedicated that you DON'T want. I think you are looking for a word that implies staff are assigned to specific jobs, and won't be sidetracked by other duties.

Hmm ... assigned might work, but doesn't seem strong enough. You could say something like "some staff will be exclusively assigned to X department and given clearly defined duties".

Answer 3

Because you didn't use "dedicated" in the correct text in this instance. Dedicated has nothing to do with being responsible for a specific job. You should've simply said, "Okay, now this group will be responsible for such-n-such."

You could've also said something like, "this group's role here is to....." or "such-n-such will be handled by this department" etc.

For Example: "Okay, folks. Now all the advertising will be handled by the publicity department, and Accounts Receivable will be responsible for getting all the bills out by the middle of the month. As the Accounts Payable group, their role is to pay our bills when they come in, including overhead."

If you're not sure about the context of a certain word, I would strongly suggest looking it up in a dictionary or thesaurus before using it on your employees. That just makes the bosses look stupid and inferior. Sorry.

Answer 4

You are talking about increased specialisation, having people dedicated to a narrower field, i.e. a single department.

Some of the following may work better:

"specific staff for specific roles"
"having staff whose efforts will be dedicated to one department"
"to have a specific staff for a certain department"

Basically it must clarified that the statement does not refer to the dedication of staff but refers to dedication of role or job.

Answer 5

Devoted,
commited,
consecrated,
hallowed

Answer 6

ded·i·cat·ed (dĕd'ĭ-kā'tĭd)
adj.
Wholly committed to a particular course of thought or action; devoted: a dedicated musician.
Designed for a particular use or function: “The satellite beams the information down to Earth, where it is sent through dedicated telephone wires to the Space Telescope Science Institute” (Boston Globe).

Answer 7

There is another word for dedicated: Devoted

Answer 8

dedicated


adjective
Given over exclusively to a single use or purpose: consecrated, devoted, hallowed, sacred. See give, include

Answer 9

"specifically in charge of" or "specifically responsible for"....I don't know if you can do it with one word, every word encarta suggests is of the "loyal, caring, devoted" idea

Answer 10

committed, devoted, enthusiastic, hard-working, old faithful*, purposeful, single-minded, sworn, true blue*, wholehearted, zealous

Hope this helps:)
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