BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Middle Management
- the position held by managers who are considered neither senior nor junior in an organization. Middle managers were subject to delayering and downsizing in the 1980s as organizations sought to reduce costs by removing the layer of managers between those who had direct interface with customers and senior decision-makers.
Additional Resources
- How to Avoid Becoming Mired in Middle Management
- Passing through middle management on one's way to the top is often unavoidable. Getting stuck there, however, doesn't have to be. An extended stay in middle management may occur for a few reasons: the manager may fall into the "Complacency trap," a sort of holding tank for those who are...
- White papers
- Team Building - Middle Management
- In discussing the middle management role, a simple analogy serves to illustrate the position's importance. Middle management is akin to the ignition key which harnesses the power of the car for the driver. They serve as the link between the controlling part of the system and that part of the...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Cendant Implements Middle Management Retention Program
- PARSIPPANY, N.J. and STAMFORD, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 28, 1998- -Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) today announced affirmative steps to retain middle management and other key employees. Most notably, Cendant will reset the exercise price of incentive stock options granted to middle management and other key employees in the period between December 1997...
- Research articles 1998-07-28
- In Praise of Middle Management
- In Praise of Middle ManagementIn Praise of Middle Management/VideosDear allYour videos including the above can not be seen properly, because of its high relative high resolution or something else. Please solve it if possible with thanksBest RegardsHashim KammoonaSenior Manager/Master Planner
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- Maersk Line streamlines organisation, cuts 2,000-3,000 middle management positions
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-8 January 2008-Maersk Line streamlines organisation, cuts 2,000-3,000 middle management positionsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Maersk Line, the container shipping division of the Danish multi-sector group AP Moller-Maersk A/S, revealed on Tuesday (8 January) a new strategy for returning the company to sustainable profitability. The new...
- Research articles 2008-01-08
- AUSTRALIA'S WESTPAC CUTTING UP TO 80 MIDDLE MANAGEMENT JOBS.
- SYDNEY, March 11 Asia Pulse - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp (ASX:WBC) is cutting up to 80 middle management jobs in a push to slash bureaucracy and improve branch service. A spokesman said the bank would cut between 50 and 80 jobs by the end of April, as part...
- Research articles 2003-03-11
- One Quarter of All Middle Managers Are Job Hunting
- The Find: Nearly a quarter of middle managers are actively searching for a new job, but understanding what’s driving them away can help organization nurture middle management and boost retention. The Source: An article in Knowledge@Wharton and a 2007 survey of middle managers from Accenture. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Middle managers are 'lacking skills'.(Brief article)
- Middle managers with inadequate training are having a detrimental effect on businesses, according to a report from the Hay Group. It found more than a third of UK business owners believe their success is being threatened by underachieving and ineffective middle management. ...
- Research articles 2007-02-22
- Why Middle Managers Matter
- Whisper it quietly, but it is much easier being a top manager than it is being a middle manager. At the top, you have control over your own destiny, you have people doing things for you and you earn lots of money. Life in the middle is far harder: ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- Workplace Options Introduces Managerial Tool Kit; Manager Kit Offers MBA-Level Advice to New and Middle-Management
- RALEIGH, N.C. -- Workplace Options, the largest provider of work-life employee benefits in America, has announced a new resource to support managers in the workplace -- AdvantageTM Manager Kits. These kits have been designed to help new and middle-managers become comfortable in the areas of Building Teams that Succeed, Change...
- Research articles 2006-07-12
- "Ignited" Author Vince Thompson: Why Middle Managers Rule
- Who needs CEOs? Not Vince Thompson. While he says they are valuable in raising money and getting a company started, middle management is where the real action is. That's where you get a real understanding of a company's strengths and weaknesses as well as what its customer needs are. Here,...
- Videos 2007-10-16
- MIDDLE MANAGEMENT
- DAN CONNOR is going home.In a sense, he's already there. Connor, an All-America at the "Fritz" or weakside linebacker position last season, will enter his senior season in his preferred role of middle linebacker. That was the position he played from 2001 through '03 at Strath Haven High, and for...
- Research articles 2007-04-17
- Cut middle management, kill productivity
- Companies that cut middle managers jeopardize their productivity more than save costs, a study from McMaster University suggests. "Middle managers are the front line communicators with employees," says Rick Hackett, Canada Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour and Human Performance at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. "One-on-one...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Crossing the Middle Management Abyss
- I read "10 Reasons Why You - Managing in the Middle - Are More Valuable Than Your Company’s CEO" with interest. I was fascinated that 202 of you bought such patronizing, delusional crap. If middle managers were more valuable than executives, they would be compensated accordingly. And they're not. by...
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- Sales Training To Influence Upper Management In A Non-Sales Environment
- Sales training on sales negotiation skills have the ability to educate supervisors, middle-management, and human resource professionals on the skills and knowledge needed to influence upper management. Upper management is often shielded from company realities because they are engrossed in executive and investor relationships. It is the job of the...
- White papers 2009-05-13
- Westpac wields pruning knife on middle-level jobs.
- Mar 11, 2003 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's Westpac Banking Corporation has announced plans to cut up to 80 middle management jobs. A company spokesman says the jobs would be axed as part of an effort to reduce bureaucracy, thereby improving service...
- Research articles 2003-03-12
- San Jose, Calif., Area Health System Plans to Cut Middle Management.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--Dec. 22--Good Samaritan Health System's new top executive plans to cut about 300 jobs -- or one-half to three-quarters of the system's corporate management -- next year to pull the four-hospital system out of financial quicksand. SAN JOSE, Calif.--Dec. 22--Good Samaritan Health System's new...
- Research articles 1995-12-21
- Seattle-Based Retailer Recreational Equipment Sets Up New Management Level.
- By Robert T. Nelson, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 28--Coming off the first year in which it posted a loss, Recreational Equipment Inc. yesterday unveiled a new level of middle management: regional sales managers to fine-tune merchandise for the...
- Research articles 2001-02-28
- Don't Forget the Middle Manager
- Some more views on the 'forgotten' middle manager -- whose role is increasingly under pressure in companies facing financial belt-tightening. "It’s not the ‘sexy’ part of leadership," says Penny de Valk, CEO of the Institute of Leadership and Management -- middle managers are often accused of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- B-School Buzz: Haas Bails Out Alumni, LBS Podcast Targets Middle Managers, Smith Prof's "Road Rules"
- Stacy Blackman's Weekly Roundup of B-School Intelligence Berkeley's Haas School of Business has expanded its career services offerings for alumni in response to the economic downturn, adding evening career advising, job search teams for alumni out of work, and new programs for alumni in New York, which...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
