<P> When there are several vice presidents in a company, these individuals are sometimes differentiated with titles denoting higher positions such as executive vice president and / or senior vice president with the remaining management team holding the title vice president . The title of assistant vice president or associate vice president is used in large organizations below vice president and there can be a very convoluted list of other types of VPs as seen in the next section . </P> <P> As many of these VPs have minimal employees reporting to them, their necessity has been questioned, with for example Inc Magazine arguing to flatten the corporate hierarchy . Similarly, as universities have adopted a corporate structure there is concern over administrative bloat and over paying VPs . Some commentators have even claimed the proliferation of VPs and other administrators is destroying universities . "Corporate vice president" is an older term that usually denotes a vice president that is named as a corporate officer by the board of directors . Not all vice presidents in a company in the modern business environment are named as an official corporate officer . </P> <P> Depending on the specific organization, the following may be an example of the hierarchy of the vice presidents: </P> <Ul> <Li> Senior Executive Vice President (Sr. EVP, SEVP) </Li> <Li> First Executive Vice President (1EVP or FEVP) </Li> <Li> Executive Vice President (EVP) </Li> <Li> Senior Vice President (SVP) </Li> <Li> Vice President (VP) </Li> <Li> Additional Vice President (AVP) </Li> <Li> Assistant Vice President (Asst . VP) </Li> <Li> Joint Vice President (Jt . VP) </Li> <Li> Associate Vice President </Li> <Li> Junior Vice President (Jr . VP) </Li> </Ul>

Difference between senior vice president and executive vice president