How do you decode the Middle Riddle? What are the most relevant issues involved with middle managers in the organisations?
VS Middle Management is indeed a “Riddle” because it has its own hierarchy and layers ranging from Employee with 90% time engaged in executing task and 10% time in Planning to 90% Planning and 10% executing task. The ratio varies from person to person as per their capability and performance. So, it’s a big set with many sub-sets which makes it difficult to put them in a single clique.
Talking about the issues involved, position held by middle managers have undeniably been a rough career milestone for many through the past decades. The biggest issues involved are ability to make decision and people management. Being in middle management you take to make some decisions at your end, in addition you may have to work with team. Looking from a bird’s eye view middle management is a group with similar set of...