a company has many levels of responsibility. at the top is usually a president-sometimes called a CEO (chief executive officer.) his job is to direct the heads of all the departments of the company. some of the departments may have titles such as sales department, production department, accounting department and personnel department. the department manager also directs all the workers in that department. each department. each department manager reports to the president. all workers and all departments do their part to make the company successful.