New theme park management

[fwm]

Don't know if this is good or bad:

Disney theme park unit adds executive committee
Mon Nov 14, 2005 08:54 PM ET
LOS ANGELES, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's (DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) theme parks unit on Monday said it was reorganizing to create an eight-member executive committee that would develop strategy and report to parks chief Jay Rasulo.

Disney's new Chief Executive Bob Iger has increased responsibilities and powers of the various business segments. The new parks structure is aimed at letting the group rapidly roll out new projects and increase consistency of business practices throughout the unit, Disney said.

Rasulo will also take direct oversight of the parks online operations and of the Imagineering group, which designs attractions.

The committee will include parks human resources head Meg Crofton, international development head Nick Franklin, Imagineering President Don Goodman, public affairs head Leslie Goodman, parks Chief Financial Officer Jim Hunt, who will also be responsible for technology, global marketing head Michael Mendenhall, and Al Weiss, current Walt Disney World president, who will take on a new position as president, Worldwide Operations.

 

[YoHo]

The Al Weiss part of this is not so interesting. The WDI part on the other hand is very interesting.

 

[pr surfer]

I don't see the Al Weiss comment... he's what kept WDW afloat while DLR and DLRP stagnated

 

[YoHo]

I won't argue about the qualities of Al Wiess the manager. Needless to say I am not so enamored of him as some, but it really doesn't matter. You've missed my point.

I'm trying to suggest that Rasulo's taking direct control of Imagineering is the more interesting and important tidbit in that news brief. Nowhere did I say that Wiess is a doodyhead as you seem to be implying.

 

[Bradtotherescue]

Isn't it actually "dewdyhead" ?

My concern is that this isn't just another name for the Strategic Planning Team the Iger wisely disbanded months ago. Based on the names though I think I'm just being paranoid.

 

[YoHo]

It's at the very least more specifically focused on theme parks then the Strategic planning group.