Executive Command ·

Management

Department Owners & Permissions

Department access for Empire Academy. By default, the business owner is responsible for each department. As your team grows, you can assign managers or team members to specific areas.

Permissions in this phase help model access and guide workflows. Full enforcement across invited user accounts is planned for a later V2 release.

Still roadmap: invite-based membership, database-level enforcement, comments, approvals, audit logs, notifications, SSO/WorkOS.

Department ownership

No team members added yet. The business owner currently owns all departments. You can invite team members and reassign department owners at any time.

DepartmentCurrent ownerAssign
MarketingBusiness Owner (default)
SalesBusiness Owner (default)
OperationsBusiness Owner (default)
Human TalentBusiness Owner (default)
LeadershipBusiness Owner (default)
FinancesBusiness Owner (default)
LawBusiness Owner (default)
Product DesignBusiness Owner (default)
Service FulfillmentBusiness Owner (default)
Inventory & EquipmentBusiness Owner (default)
Professional ServicesBusiness Owner (default)

Ownership is about clarity, not enforcement. Role-based access control by department is on the roadmap; for now this drives accountability prompts and the CEO Brief.

Protected departments

Human Talent
Leadership
Finances
Law

Protected departments default to more restrictive access. Owners and Admins still see them; Contributors and Viewers default to none.

Role presets

Owner

Manage every department, team, and access settings.

Admin

Manage most departments. Protected areas default to edit.

Manager

Manage assigned department. View/summary on related areas.

Contributor

Edit assigned department. Summary on others. None on protected.

Viewer

Summary-only access. No access on protected departments.

Team member access matrix

No access
Cannot see this department.
Summary
High-level KPIs and status only.
View
Can view records and details.
Edit
Can create and update records.
Manage
Owns the department: settings, owner, fields, and access.

Permission gaps

No gaps detected. Every department has a manager and no protected department has unexpected broad access.