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middle management

middle management noun: in a large organization, the group of managers or administrators who occupy positions in the company hierarchy which, generally, are above the level of front-line supervisors but below the level of vice-presidents.

Noun

middle management (uncountable)

  1. In a large organization, the group of managers or administrators who occupy positions in the company hierarchy which, generally, are above the level of front-line supervisors but below the level of vice-presidents.
    • The [wage] gap can also be attributed to . . . the difficulty they have had in penetrating the so-called glass ceiling, a bias barrier that keeps so many women from moving beyond middle management.2001 June 24, Claudia Wallis, “Onward, Women!”, in Time

Questions about middle management

What does middle management mean?
Middle management means in a large organization, the group of managers or administrators who occupy positions in the company hierarchy which, generally, are above the level of front-line supervisors but below the level of vice-presidents.
What part of speech is middle management?
Middle management is a noun.

Words near middle management in the dictionary

  1. Middle Low Franconian
  2. Middle Low German
  3. Middle Low Saxon
  4. Middle Malayalam
  5. middle man
  6. middle management
  7. middle manager
  8. middle managers
  9. middle marker
  10. middle markers
  11. middle men

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