middle management
noun
: management personnel intermediate between operational supervisors and policymaking administrators
middle manager
noun
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He was just promoted to middle management.
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Closing the gap requires shrinking middle management bloat and eliminating scope creep in special programs.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Director Orson Krennic Anybody in middle management can relate to this Imperial officer who's saddled with getting a big project up and running (in his case, the first Death Star), forced to deal with uncaring bosses and winds up having some rebellious types screw the whole thing up.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
The piece lays out a case for eliminating middle management by rethinking how AI is integrated into the workflow.
—Miles Klee, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2026
Gartner also projects that by 2026, one in five organizations will use AI to flatten their structures, eliminating more than half of current middle management positions.
—Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Director Orson Krennic Anybody in middle management can relate to this Imperial officer who's saddled with getting a big project up and running (in his case, the first Death Star), forced to deal with uncaring bosses and winds up having some rebellious types screw the whole thing up.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
The piece lays out a case for eliminating middle management by rethinking how AI is integrated into the workflow.
—Miles Klee, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2026
Gartner also projects that by 2026, one in five organizations will use AI to flatten their structures, eliminating more than half of current middle management positions.
—Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for middle management
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“Middle management.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20management. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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