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English translation: SPG (Strategic Planning Group).

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French term or phrase:	État-major
English translation:	SPG (Strategic Planning Group).
Entered by:	Willis

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22:51 Apr 2, 2006

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Bus/Financial - Management

French term or phrase: État-major

This has nothing to do with people in green, grey, brown uniform or camouflage outfits, and everything to do with (mainly) men in expensively-tailored business suits.

Quite a number of French-language businesses have started giving this name (i.e. État-major) to the unit which co-ordinates the activities of the undertaking across either the parent company or the Group as a whole.

Has anyone come across something other than / better than 'CEO's Office'?

In fact, the CEO's Office can be just one unit within the 'État-major'.

Many thanks,

Willis

Willis

SPG (Strategic Planning Group).

Explanation:
Source: My own eperience as a banker during almost 30 years. That's the day - to - day term.-

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Note added at 10 hrs (2006-04-03 09:09:17 GMT)
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"experience". Sorry. A typo.-
Generally these "think tank" units depend from the COO's or CEO's office.-

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MikeGarcia
Spain
Local time: 20:43

Grading comment

This hits the nail on the head.

Thank you, Miguel
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Summary of answers provided

5 +6

The Executive

ACOZ

4 +2

"Corporate StrategyGroup", headed by the "Chief of Staff" to the COO or CEO.

234561

Executive Committee

juliebarba

SPG (Strategic Planning Group).

MikeGarcia

Headquaters / Office of Directing Staff (ODS)

IC --

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

The Executive

Explanation:
or "Management". You hear both these terms used.

ACOZ
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of:

English

Grading comment

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree strongly with the proposal that 'management' is the equivalent. It is too broad, reaches way down the hierarchical pyramid and does not express the decision making group which is very near the pinnacle of decision making in a large business.
'Executive', my information suggests, is not a term used in business contexts for a specific division or hierarchical group at the pinnacle. At the most, it applies to individual persons.

Willis

The asker has declined this answer
Comment: I'm sorry, but I have to disagree strongly with the proposal that 'management' is the equivalent. It is too broad, reaches way down the hierarchical pyramid and does not express the decision making group which is very near the pinnacle of decision making in a large business.
'Executive', my information suggests, is not a term used in business contexts for a specific division or hierarchical group at the pinnacle. At the most, it applies to individual persons.

Willis

29 mins confidence:

Headquaters / Office of Directing Staff (ODS)

Explanation:
Headquaters

Office of Directing Staff

source: GDT

I think Willis is asking about "OFFICE"...

IC --
Local time: 20:43
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

"Corporate StrategyGroup", headed by the "Chief of Staff" to the COO or CEO.

Explanation:
"État-major" refers to the concept in the military, of the "staff", or "joint staff" very different form the civilian meaning of "personnel". The term is NOT used in English. However the concept does indeed exist under various names.The most common is the one I gave. The "Chief of Staff" is usually a Senior VP who is empowered to lead his senior management colleagues in strategic planning, and who has some high-priced help (boy wonders) to assist him.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-04-03 00:55:36 GMT)
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It is neither the "Executive committee" (or "executive")nor "the Senior Management Team" which are groupings of the heads of ALL business functions and not just the strategy-oriented group reflected in the "état-major" or the English concept of Corporate Strategy group

234561
Local time: 14:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

10 hrs confidence:

SPG (Strategic Planning Group).

MikeGarcia
Spain
Local time: 20:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

This hits the nail on the head.

Thank you, Miguel

11 hrs confidence:

Executive Committee

Explanation:
See link to business update website below. It contains a reference to the 'etat-major' when talking about the 'Comité exécutif':

Philippe Blavier, 60 ans, membre du Comité exécutif du Groupe et responsable de la banque de financement et d'investissement de BNP Paribas (BFI) et Bernard Allorent, 61 ans, responsable mondial des risques, vont prochainement prendre leur retraite.

Jacques d'Estais, 46 ans, précédemment responsable du Fixed Income, succèdera à Philippe Blavier au comité exécutif et à la tête de BFI. Michel Konczaty, 54 ans, précédemment responsable des financements structurés à BFI, succèdera à Bernard Allorent comme responsable mondial des risques du Groupe.

A la suite de ces nominations, plusieurs évolutions vont intervenir au sein de l'étatmajor de BFI :
it goes on to discuss the positions of all the senior management / directors

Reference: http://www.xerus.fr/analyse/a_valeur_actus.asp?news=IN_10553...

juliebarba
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 30

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