middle management
noun [U, + sing/pl verb]Definition
› the people within a company who are in charge of departments or groups, but who are below those in charge of the whole company: He cut hundreds of jobs in middle management.Bosses, managers and directorsPeople in charge of or controlling other people middle manager noun [C] Bosses, managers and directorsPeople in charge of or controlling other people
(Definition of middle management noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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