Several division executives and correspondents saw in the move the changing times of network economics and politics.

"We know the fall season is crucial," one senior NBC entertainment division executive said.

Mr. Jones was given the title of division executive.

Each division head acts the way a chain's division executive would in retailing, with his own buying plan and inventory budget.

Her father was the division executive of investment management at Citibank in New York.

He changed the decentralized management structure, by eliminating and consolidating division executives.

While it looked similar to the Fiat 124, the division executives felt it could have been more contemporary European with a greater use of glass.

"Dennis is going to come at us with everything he's got," one NBC station division executive said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

On the other hand, if the division executives do not comply; headquarters will think they are recalcitrant, and if it continues long enough, disloyal.

He tore up that matrix system of management and made division executives responsible for their own sales.