Outcomes of the Challenges of Middle Management in the Cross-Fires of Top and Lower Management

Organization design recognizes managerial practice to follow a logical hierarchical order with each level supplementing and complementing each other for the effective management of the enterprise. In recent history organizational politics appears to be inflaming the challenges among the levels of management and critically placing the middle management at the cross fires of top and lower management. This remains a contentious issue that frustrates many talented middle managers and leading to career dissatisfaction and either voluntary or involuntary exit. The qualitative research design was adopted for the study and the result showed positive relationship between middle management challenges and negative outcomes. The study was not exhaustive; therefore, further study could examine ways of improving organizational design to reduce conflict among the levels of management. This study recommends that top management should be primarily concerned with supporting top organizational leadership and co-operating with middle management for improved performance