Executive Explained

Executive (exe., exec., execu.) may refer to:

Role or title

• Executive, a senior management role in an organization
  • Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators
    • • Executive director, job title of the chief executive in many non-profit, government and international organizations; also a description contrasting with non-executive director Executive officer, a high-ranking member of a corporation body, government or military
  • Business executive, a person responsible for running an organization
  • Music executive or record executive, person within a record label who works in senior management
  • Studio executive, employee of a film studio
  • Executive producer, a person who oversees the production of an entertainment product
• Account executive, a job title given by a number of marketing agencies (usually to trainee staff who report to account managers)
• Project executive, a role with the overall responsibility of a project, typically required for larger or more complex projects
• Executive education, term used for programs at graduate-level business schools that aim to educate managers or entrepreneurs

Function

• Executive (government), branch of government that has authority and responsibility for the administration of state bureaucracy
• Executive functions or executive system, theorized cognitive system in psychology that controls and manages other cognitive processes

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Executive (magazine), a Lebanese business monthly
• The Executive, a fictional raincoat in the Seinfeld episode "The Raincoats"
• The Executive, (George Michael § The Executive) a musical band including Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael before the formation of Wham!

Brands and enterprises

• Chrysler Executive, a car offered 1983–1986
• Sinclair Executive, an electronic calculator offered in the early 1970s

Computing and technology

• Executive (operating system), the operating system for the ICL 290x range of computers
• The Windows Executive, internal part of modern Microsoft Windows operating systems

Other uses

• Executive car, in Britain: an automobile larger than a large family car
• Executive paper size (often 7.25inches×10.5inchesin (×in))

See also

• • Executive order (disambiguation), a form of act issued by a number of the executive branch of a central government