Word before "hand" or "management" (5)

I believe the answer is:

upper

(Other definitions for upper that I've seen before include "Part of a shoe; drug" , "Part of shoe above sole" , "Higher in position; drug" , "Pep pill" , "Section of Oxford" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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