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Caught in between: the middle management bind
Abstract
Middle managers are in a bind--caught in between the demands, expectations, and desires of upper administration and the demands, expectations, and desires of front-line staff. The middle manager is the linchpin within the system, works totally on the inside, and consequently has no place to hide or escape. Given the middle-management bind, the intent of a discussion is to present three types of constraints--professional, organizational, and personal; to discuss and clarify each of these constraints through the use of case material; and to suggest middle-management strategies that will be conducive to effective performance in the broad domain associated with organizational change and toward creating alternative organizational structures.
Journal
(1983)
vol7
no3
pages147-161
Categories
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Financial Management
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Managing
