middle management

noun

: management personnel intermediate between operational supervisors and policymaking administrators

middle manager noun

Examples of middle management in a Sentence

He was just promoted to middle management.

Recent Examples on the Web

Through 2026, one in five organizations is expected to flatten their org charts with the help of AI, cutting more than half of existing middle management roles, according to an October 2024 Gartner report. — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Brizé’s latest is about a woman swimming in the turbulent waters of middle management, trying to both appease her superiors and deal with problematic employees who can’t seem to get along. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Decisions do not disappear into layers of middle management, and the client does not lose access to the people whose names are on the door. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

And, in some companies, there may be no middle management to pick up the slack. — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for middle management

• mismanagement