line management

noun [U] UK HR, MANAGEMENT

Definition

› a situation in which managers are directly in charge of workers: If you have good quality jobs with good line management, the other policies you have are more likely to be effective.

› the managers who are directly in charge of workers: Top management was largely immune from the effects of failure; it was workers and line management who paid the price.

(Definition of line management noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)