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

In announcing plans for 3,200 layoffs across the Xbox division yesterday, CEO Asha Sharma focused on discussing cuts to the Xbox platform team and redundant layers of middle management. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026

Gartner predicted 20% of organizations would flatten by 2026, eliminating over half of middle management roles. — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Gartner put the extinction idea into play with a projection that by 2026 one in five organizations would eliminate more than half of their middle management. — Brett Hurt, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Despite the demeaning work, Laura, a local woman, has risen to middle management through unyielding determination. — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for middle management

• mismanagement