Role and Responsibility of Middle Level Management

                     Middle management consists of departmental, divisional or sectional heads and other executive officers attached to the different departments. This level of management is responsible for implementing the polices and plans decided by the top management. Middle management comes between the top management and the supervisory management. According to Mary C.Niles, middle managers have pressures from the corners, viz., (a) from above by his chief in top management with whose idea, policies and attitudes he must agree (b) From below by the supervisors who press for counsel  guidelines, decisions etc. and (c) sideways by colleagues whose departments or functions are interrelated with its own.

Functions of Middle Level Management:
                     According to Mary C. Niles  middle management acts with and under the top management to accomplish who follows board objectives of administration.
1) To execute the various functions of organisations, so that the top management gets enough time to look after their responsibilities.
2) To co-operate among themselves, will the top management and the supervisors so that the organisations functions smoothly.
3) To understand the interlocking of departments in major polices.
4) To achieve co-ordination between the different parts of the organisation.
5) To develop and train employees in the organisation for better functioning and for filling up vacancies that may arise in future.
6) To build company spirit where all are working to provide a product or service wanted by the public.

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