The following year, he was transferred to Toronto to assume the position of divisional manager.

Susan F. Dewey, its executive director since 1999, heads a leadership team of nine divisional managers.

If only divisional managers knew how closely their boss really followed their careers.

His divisional managers acknowledge his toughness, but say he is swift to reward good performance.

While raising his son, Darwin pursued a career as an accountant and is now a divisional manager at a major investment firm.

Following a series of promotions, she was made associate divisional manager, on track for an executive position.

She then presents the numbers to her divisional manager, who must determine that the allocations jibe with the company's overall financial plan.

But while that sort of decentralization fosters creative energy in divisional managers, it carries a high opportunity cost.

The man on top, whether he was a plant manager, department head or divisional general manager, was the final word.

The intertwined divisions have to grow in balance, which means that divisional managers cannot plan their growth alone.