Taskeen Aboobaker is the operations manager for a retail company. He arranges quarterly meetings with his subordinates to update them about the performance of the company and motivates them to work to reach their objectives. He regularly collaborates with

Taskeen Aboobaker, as an operations manager who arranges meetings with subordinates and collaborates on projects, is part of the **middle management** level. Middle management typically oversees the activities of lower management and reports to senior management while ensuring that the company's policies and objectives are effectively implemented at the operational level. So the correct answer is **d. middle management**.