middle management

American  

noun

1. the middle echelon of administration in business and industry.

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middle management British  

noun

1. a level of management in an organization or business consisting of executives or senior supervisory staff in charge of the detailed running of an organization or business and reporting to top management Compare top management

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• middle manager
  noun

Etymology

Origin of middle management

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Adams drew on his experience as a bank teller and manager at a phone company Pacific Bell for inspiration, skewering corporate jargon and middle management.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

As tech companies and startups compete fiercely to dominate the AI race, they’ve also cut middle management and other workers as they move faster to release more AI-powered products.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

The existence of the secret traitor had not gone down well with the three other traitors, with Hugo memorably commenting that he "does not require middle management".

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

The way companies have hollowed middle management is so dramatic that a new study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce projects a shortage of 2.9 million managers in 2032.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Somewhere, deep in the demented mind of some middle management G- 9 bureaucrat, Duncan thought, an idea germinated that he could sell to another overworked, underpaid civil servant; his boss.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn