# Departments

Group: People Management

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/lensing/v1/groups/hrDepartments)

A department is a unit in the organization, and it can sit under a parent department in a hierarchy.

## Endpoints

- [List departments](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/departments.html): `GET /people/departments`
- [Create a department](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/createDepartment.html): `POST /people/departments`
- [Retrieve a department](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/getDepartment.html): `GET /people/departments/{id}`
- [Update a department](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/reference/lensing/v1/endpoints/updateDepartment.html): `PATCH /people/departments/{id}`