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.
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Technology is replacing the need for many middle management functions and threatens to replace whole categories of jobs. Anne Chow, Fortune, 2 July 2025 In particular, the broken rung is the gap that prevents women from being promoted from entry-level to middle management positions. Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 The vetoes also impact some efforts to generate savings by the council, including a proposal to eliminate 12 middle management jobs — seven of them vacant and five of them filled. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025 On top of this, in an effort to get leaner and leaner, organizations are increasingly pushing to remove middle management. Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for middle management

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of middle management was in 1941

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“Middle management.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20management. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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