VD-instruktion

English translation: instructions for the managing director

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Swedish term or phrase:VD-instruktion
English translation:instructions for the managing director
Entered by: Daccab

16:45 May 21, 2014
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Swedish term or phrase: VD-instruktion
I Have searched for the obvious...incl. Guiding Principle/s. Any ideas?
Denna VD-instruktion är avsedd att klargöra arbetsfördelningen mellan styrelsen och verkställande direktören
Daccab
Sweden
Local time: 12:48
instructions for the managing director
Explanation:
:o)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 12:48
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Thanks...
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Instructions to the CEO (chief executive officer)
Deane Goltermann
5 +2instructions for the managing director
Sven Petersson
3directives and guidelines for the most senior management
Charlesp


Discussion entries: 10





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
instructions for the managing director


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://www.secinfo.com/dVut2.1E18.d.htm
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 12:48
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 350
Grading comment
Thanks...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Hopkins
15 mins
  -> Thank you very much!

agree  Charlesp: works best - however not for every company. And that proves why a machine can't do a translation - a human asks questions a machine doesn't!
10 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Instructions to the CEO (chief executive officer)


Explanation:
I used the Swedish Code of corporate governance (Kollegiet för svensk bolagsstyrning; Svenks kod för bolagstyrning) where they talk more about 'arbetsfördelningen mellan ordföranden och
verkställande direktören klargöras i styrelsens arbetsordning och **instruktion för verkställande direktören**

They have this in both Eng and Swe


Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 12:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 83

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Rumsey
26 mins
  -> Thanks, David!

agree  Agneta Pallinder
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Agneta!

agree  Charlesp: Best understood. (But the company may call his a MD)
10 hrs
  -> Nice one!

agree  sans22 (X)
14 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
directives and guidelines for the most senior management


Explanation:
How is this for an alternative: "directives and guidelines for the most senior management"

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 12:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
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