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Senior management

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounCore term

In management & leadership, senior management means: The group of people at the top of an organisation who make its most important decisions, such as the CEO, directors and heads of major departments.

In Turkish: üst yönetim, üst düzey yöneticiler

How it is used

Used in reports, announcements and office talk: 'The proposal goes to senior management next week.' Similar terms are top management, the leadership team and the C-suite. One person at this level is a senior manager or senior leader.

Example sentences

  1. Senior management has approved next year's budget.

  2. We need senior management support before we change the sales process.

Common collocations

  • senior management team
  • senior management approval
  • report to senior management
  • senior management support
  • middle managementThe managers between senior leadership and front-line staff, such as department heads and regional managers, who turn strategy into daily plans and lead teams.
  • board of directorsThe group of people elected by a company's shareholders to oversee its management, approve major decisions and appoint or replace the chief executive.
  • hierarchyA system in which the people in an organisation are arranged in levels, with each level having more authority than the one below it.
  • leadershipThe ability to guide a group of people towards a shared goal, and the act of doing so, through example, influence and clear direction rather than authority alone.
  • buy-inReal agreement with and support for a plan or decision from the people it affects, so that they actively help to make it work.

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