Department or Subdivision
•A “customarily recognized department or subdivision” must have a permanent status and continuing function
*Need not be physically within the employer’s establishment, and may move from place to place
*Continuity of the same subordinate personnel is not essential to the existence of a recognized unit.
*The employee in charge of each branch establishment is in charge of a recognized subdivision
•Does not include a mere collection of employees assigned from time to time to a specific job
An exempt executive must manage the entire business or have management responsibility over a “customarily recognized department or subdivision” of the business.  A “department or subdivision” is a subpart of the business which has “a permanent status and continuing function.”   The subdivision need not be physically within the employer’s establishment and may move from place to place.  The mere fact that the employee works in more than one location does not invalidate the exemption.  In addition, if an executive supervises employees in a recognized unit, it does not matter if some of the employees are drawn from other recognized units.  On the other hand, a mere collection of employees assigned from time to time to a specific job or series of jobs is not a recognized subdivision.