Top down and bottom up approaches are there to emphasize the importance of enterprise solutions. The Middle level managers of any organisation are there to circumvent organisational issues. But at the same time they are bogged down by advancing age, mid-career crisis and manifold of challenges in their personal space. Middle level managers are yet to be senior, not sure if s/he would reach at the top. Enterprise’s fundamental expectations from them are communication, supervision and timely execution – mostly a homegrown person with knowledge of organisational dynamics with a high level of people skill. But the post covid-19 challenges are having serious impact on this level of management when the industry is facing low demand and compelled to slim down and execute wage cuts.
Mid level managers are having challenges of multi dimensions at this phase of time, if not more than ever before. Some of the challenges are industry specific, others are generic. The manufacturing, service and IT sectors are trying...