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Director is a person in charge to a bigger group while Head is in charge to a smaller group.
Example: HR Director is in charge to the whole HR Dept where there are established section teams like Head of Learning, Head of Recruitment, Head of Compensation etc.
Head of HR is a person in charge to the whole HR Dept where the dept is a smaller working group.
Generally speaking, Department Heads are referred to by various nomenclatures in different organizations as per the school of management they follow, size of the organization and job evaluatuion, to name a few. Hence, you will find some organizations referring them as Head of HR, Head of Marketing, etc. while other larger organizations might use more specific titles like Director of HR, etc.
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