middle management

noun

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

middle management

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

Derived Forms

• middle manager, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of middle management¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Data may help break through what one of our fellows called the “mud layer of middle management,” but it rarely resets the intentions of key decision makers.

From Quartz

Enninful would also like to see financial aid put in place for middle management, “because we forget sometimes that the culture of a place does not allow you to go from being a student to the top.”

From Time

There has been little growth in good-paying blue collar or even middle management jobs.

From The Daily Beast

But, as in many organizations, the real discriminatory behavior resided with middle management—in our cases the senior editors.

From The Daily Beast