Spitzenverwendung

English translation: high-profile assignment

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German term or phrase:Spitzenverwendung
English translation:high-profile assignment
Entered by: mill2

10:16 Sep 19, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / social theory
German term or phrase: Spitzenverwendung
Aus einer Selbstdarstellung eines Reserveoffiziers:

"Militärische *Spitzenverwendungen*, erlauben es mir, meine Führungserfahrungen aus Militär und Wirtschaft zusammenzubringen und diese zu einer Erkenntnissymbiose zu verbinden."

Viele andere Beispiele aus dem Militärkontext im Internet z.B.:

Er trat am 4. August seinen Dienst als Chef des Stabes im Hauptquartier der US-Streitkräfte in Europa (USAREUR) an. Diese *Spitzenverwendung* in der Wiesbadener Gen. Lucius D. Clay-Kaserne hatten hohe Militärs und verteidigungspolitische Experten früh schon als „Novum in der Geschichte der Streitkräfte der Vereinigten Staaten“ bezeichnet.
http://www.bundeswehr-journal.de/2014/deutscher-stabschef-be...

oder:

Von 1960 bis 1967 war er auf dem Dienstposten Stellvertreter des Chefs LSK/LV und Chef des Stabes im Kommando LSK/LV eingesetzt. 1967 wurde Herbert Scheibe zum Befehlshaber der NVA Luftstreitkräfte/ Luftverteidigung und Chef des Kommandos LSK/LV berufen. In dieser herausgehobenen *Spitzenverwendung* war Herbert Scheibe bis 1972 tätig.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Scheibe

Is this just "high-profile" position (like it says in the English Wiki on Scheibe)? Or is there a more specific military term in American English?
mill2
Local time: 16:14
high-profile assignment
Explanation:
This seems to be used a lot in military contexts, but also in industry.

"Frauen in Spitzenverwendungen sind jedoch die absolute Ausnahme." https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/frauen/08505.pdf

"However, the most interesting finding of the report is that men were more likely to land high-profile assignments than women, were staffed with three times as many employees as women, on projects with budgets twice the size of women’s project budgets." https://theglasshammer.com/2014/04/30/stretch-roles-why-they...
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Michael Martin, MA
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Local time: 11:14
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4 +2high-profile assignment
Michael Martin, MA
5top appointment
Cillie Swart


  

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high-profile assignment


Explanation:
This seems to be used a lot in military contexts, but also in industry.

"Frauen in Spitzenverwendungen sind jedoch die absolute Ausnahme." https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/frauen/08505.pdf

"However, the most interesting finding of the report is that men were more likely to land high-profile assignments than women, were staffed with three times as many employees as women, on projects with budgets twice the size of women’s project budgets." https://theglasshammer.com/2014/04/30/stretch-roles-why-they...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 11:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Thanks very much for the confirmation!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dkfmmuc: 100 % agree. This translation avoids the stumbling block of the several terms for those who are in charge.
18 hrs
  -> Thanks dkfmmuc. I am basically confirming the asker's own idea.

agree  Wendy Streitparth
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Wendy!
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
top appointment


Explanation:
the right term for this is top appointment.


    https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=Spitzenverwendung
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 17:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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