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

• 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

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

"For too long, cyber security has been a concern of the middle management and only gets escalated to the seniors in a crisis," Jarvis said.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

He also casts doubt on the "ringleader" label, saying that Tiger was more middle management.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 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