He let his chief lieutenant, Chase Carey, focus on operations.
The defense ministers will focus on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mr. Press will oversee sales and marketing, as well as dealers, and Mr. LaSorda will focus on operations.
Before coming to Avon, Ms. McCoy was a highly regarded executive at Johnson & Johnson with a focus on operations.
When it reorganized its operations this summer, G.M. said it would put more focus on operations in Asia and elsewhere in the world.
"For the first six months, we'll try to focus on operations, restructuring, and getting it stabilized quickly," said Alec Gores, the Gores chairman.
He worked for the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and then became an officer of the Bank of Boston with his focus on Operations Research.
Options under consideration in the administration are believed to focus on operations not involving a full-fledged invasion, but starting a conflict that internal opponents would complete.
Service Corporation International, a funeral company that had grown by acquisition, and which was accused of grave-desecration in a class-action lawsuit last year, shuffled its management team this summer after deciding it had to focus on operations.
