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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
middle management
noun
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▪ At the other extreme, you might distinguish only among top management, middle management, and the front lines.
▪ Gordon is in customer support for a large computer company so heavy in middle management that he hardly ever works.
▪ Perhaps the greatest deficiencies in the relationship between education and industry occurred in the training and recruitment of middle management.
▪ Rumors swept up from the factory floor and lofted back down again from the cubicles of middle management.
▪ Some companies have dispensed with the middle management function altogether.
▪ The post-independence generation is already in middle management positions.
▪ This aggression may be projected on to others, e.g., middle management, or turned back upon himself.
▪ We also recruit some assistant food and beverage managers with experience directly into middle management positions.
Wiktionary
middle management

n. (context business English) In a large organization, the group of managers or administrators who occupy positions in the company hierarchy which, generally, are above the level of front-line supervisors but below the level of vice-presidents .

Wikipedia
Middle management

Middle management is the intermediate management of a hierarchical organization that is subordinate to the executive management and responsible for at least two lower levels of junior staff. Unlike the line management, middle management is considered to be a senior (or semi-executive) management position, with respective salary and a package of benefits. Middle managers' main duty is to implement company strategy in the most efficient way. Their duties include creating effective working environment, administrating the work process, making sure it is compliant with organization's requirements, leading people and reporting to the highest level of management.

Middle management may be reduced in organizations as a result of reorganization. Such changes include downsizing, delayering and outsourcing. The changes may be made in order to reduce costs, as middle management is commonly paid more than junior staff, or the changes may be made to make the organization flatter — empowering the employees and making the organization more innovative and flexible.

Usage examples of "middle management".

All the guy really wanted to do was marry Tsufe Do and get into middle management.

As was true in many middle management jobs, district rangers had tremendous responsibilities.

He was in the middle of middle management, and that was as high as his cream was going to rise.

The rejuv program was designed to supply an equivalent number of field-grade officers, the military's equivalent of middle management.

The burglar had made off with the Lexus, of course, leaving in the garage the Honda van for the transportation of middle management in manageable groups, and the Mazda RX-7, the very paradigm of the little red foreign sports car.

It was an executive fortress estate where middle management tolerated the good life behind guard walks and watchtowers.