I believe that personally I would be more fit for the upper management aspect of the procedures. I can better work with multiple groups and be able to reason out a fair schedule for groups to follow. The middle management is definitely a great skill to have but I do not believe I would be as strong at this aspect. Staying focused on one project and being able to tactically get things done may not fit me as well. Personally I hope I get the opportunity to work in middle management because I think it would be a great skill for me to learn.

My personality traits are suited more towards middle management style of management. In my previous work experience, functioning as a team and dealing with problems from a team's perspective rather than an individual perspective was one of my appreciated qualities at work. I think in order to climb up the ladder to become an efficient upper management employee one has to master the middle management first as the upper management deals with employees and different departments as smaller groups of middle management.

I think I can probably do both of the described position. However, I definitely need more expereince before I can handle upper managment position. I think I have a bit of experience with a middle management positions in my fraternity and my current work, where I am assigned different projects by the dean of the engineering such as organizing an event. For this kind of managment, I usally ask help of two or three people and get things done. However, I have never really had a big upper management positions. If I did have positions like that, I think I would be able to do it as well but it might be better to go for that kind of position after some experience.

I think I would be best suited for the middle management because I can be a manager and delegate on the project work but I will also still be responsible for some technical work to get done for the project. But if i was working for the top management, I would be responsible for all the work that I am delegating and that means having to pick the best team members. For me personally, I can not handle being a top manager because it stresses me when I have hand over the technical work and I do not know how they will handle it. I personally think I can not handle it.

For me, at this point in time, I believe that I am currently more suited for Middle management. Although, it would be ideal to be the people who start projects, I think that I have not gained enough experience to be able to start projects and know the ins and outs of this management aspect. Middle management is more geared towards detailed resource management. I think that being part of middle management in the beginning and eventually climbing up to upper management would be a good way to securely rise up the ranks.

When learning of the upper management role and the middle-man role, I initially thought I would be capable of taking on the upper management role. After doing some research on these two roles, along with the link kak33 mentioned, I see myself well suited as a Middle Manager. I find myself to be very detail oriented, and like to do the technical work as I feel it is more rewarding to actually see the progress of your work. The characteristics required from a middle manager involves qualities I already possess such as technical expertise, solving problems and analyzing issues, and ensuring all technical tasks are completed for a project. Roles like upper-management require one to look at the overall bigger picture. They must lay the groundwork for the completion of the project, without doing much of the technical work. They do not necessarily have the expertise or experience to complete the project, yet they have the ability to lay out and coordinate the plan to get the project done.

To see what role is best suited for you, check out the link kak33 linked which discusses the various competencies required for either an upper or middle manager.

I believe that in order to be prepared for upper management, you need middle management experience. Middle management works with both upper management and lower levels of the company. As you mentioned, middle management works to fulfill the vision of upper management. In order for upper management to set the groundwork and vision, they have to understand the company at different levels.I would say my preference would be middle management. I enjoy working and learning from people on different level (i.e operators, techs, engineers, ect). Upper management usually works more with middle management and people of higher status.

While these two are similar, I think education really separates these two levels of management. Being an engineer I am more inclined towards being involved in middle management as those are the people who go and get things done at the technical level. Sometimes though it can be frustrating when the business minded upper management leaders expect something to be accomplished within a certain time limit or with a limited amount of resources when in fact they do not understand what the project even entails. I am expecting to see a shift though, in upper management being taken over by engineers as more and more people get advanced degrees and become versatile enough to handle the business aspect as well. This will be very beneficial in terms of the strategic goals of the company converting to efficient and realistic tactics. If this situation becomes more common in organizations then I don't see why I wouldn't want to pursue upper management as well, after having proven I am proficient in turning a vision into reality. That way I wouldn't be asking someone to do something I don't think I could do myself, which I believe is an important part of management.

For me personally I think I would be better suited for Middle management based on my experience in the medical device industry. I think to be in upper management you need a lot of experience that will better prepare you to make decisions on the direction of the company and it will allow you to make more informed decisions. The experience will help guide and allow you to anticipate the everyday and weekly activities that would go along with a project. At this point just starting off in my career I think my experience would be better suited for middle management where I can apply the technical skills that I learned from college and where I can learn more about the industry. My personality will allow me to communicate and coordinate well with the other team members in my project group and I can hone in and develop my technical skills better.

Personally, I think I would be suited for either one. Middle management is essential to understand the vision and I think this is where experience is very important. To begin my career I need to start in middle management so that I can learn from upper management what and how things are done in order to fulfill the vision. In my opinion, upper management requires a lot of experience, the strategic decision they must make is based on what they know and how it will affect later on, but by knowing how the groundwork takes place, they are better prepared to envision the results. Eventually, when I am well prepared I would like to be in upper management, once I have the required experience under my belt.

I don't think that it matters if you want to be upper management if you're bad at middle management. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that upper management gets promoted from middle management. You have to be good at one to be able to become the other. If you are a good middle manager, then you have the option to work your way up the ladder, but that's the only way. It takes knowledge of ground work in order to know the reality of what's possible for the long term. Personally it depends on the company and what I'd be doing. Different life stages would mean different desires to consider your job fulfilling.

I agree with @jr377 that in order to move up to the upper level positions, you would have to be promoted from a middle level position. Similarly, in order to move up to the middle level position, you would need to be promoted from a lower level position. I think I wouldn't mind starting even at the lower management level but then over time with experience, I would want to move up to a middle level position and take on the responsibilities required for that such as planning, setting actions to implement company strategy in the most efficient way. I think this would suit me better than the upper level management because I'd rather be involved in these tasks.

In upper management you have real control over the company but most of your work is confined to maintaining the company and dealing with finances legislature. You are in the position of maintaining the logistics of the company. In middle management, you are working with the project teams and concerned with the logistics of the projects. You see the company make money instead of acknowledging that it made money. I think my skillset would be more suitable for middle management because I have a creative mind that can benefit projects. I have been the leader in groups concerned with managing the group's status and I am not good at it. It was hard to motivate myself because I wanted to work on the project, not on the logistics of keeping the club alive.

I work with a team to create theatrical sets for plays and from the experiences I gained from that alone, I personally like to believe I would be better suited for upper management. Mostly because I typically keep my focus on the big picture when collaborating. Being able to always consider the set vision makes it much easier for me to suggest the direction a project should go when considering timelines and needs. However, I do have a tendency to get caught up in the small details and find myself ensuring everything is completed properly which often prevents me from being able to manage other aspects of the project. After some thought, I can see myself learning from my mistakes and working on being able to keep my distance from the minor tasks so that I can properly monitor and manage the major tasks.

I would be better suited for the Upper management because it requires someone that is able to strategies, lead, is financially incline, able to negotiate, strong combination skills, and able to encourage and motivate team development. Also, I believe that I am more in tune with seeing the bigger picture and communicating to others our companies potential. Beside that the upper manager has control over the company and need someone that can better work with multiple groups and be able to reason out a fair schedule for groups to follow and I see myself suited to all these responsibilities.