micromanagement
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- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˈmænɪdʒmənt/
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micromanejo
- Organizations that avoid micromanagement generally foster a more innovative and engaged workforce.
- congressional micromanagement
As Doctor Carrion said, our kids need connection with adults, yes, but micromanagement is not a healthy connection.
- As Doctor Carrion said, our kids need connection with adults, yes, but micromanagement is not a healthy connection.
Examples
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Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates complained of "White House micromanagement of military affairs."
Academic text (2018) -
My boss knows me well enough to allow me to do my job without micromanagement.
Blog text (5) -
As Doctor Carrion said, our kids need connection with adults, yes, but micromanagement is not a healthy connection.
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The worst effect of congressional micromanagement of the defense budget is to increase program instability.
Academic text (1990) -
If the client is a first-timer or micromanagement type who needs a lot of hand-holding, the price goes up.
Blog text (27) -
Congressional micromanagement thus has very different implications today than when Congress fussed over bridges in Ohio.
Academic text (1990) -
As Bert Rockman suggests, there are pitfalls inherent in this sort of micromanagement in the White House.
Academic text (1997) -
Congressional micromanagement imposes real costs, beyond the obvious ones that result from the Pentagon's increased workload.
Academic text (1990) -
Excessive micromanagement often hinders productivity and employee morale in the workplace.
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Micromanagement can frustrate employees who prefer to work independently and creatively.
Synonyms
Controlling every small detail of a task or someone's work
Antonyms
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Morphology
micromanagement = management (transparent) = micro + manage + ment
This is a regular prefixation of micro- to management, and the meaning 'small-scale detailed control' is easy to recover from the base word.
Etymology
Micromanagement comes from the part micro- meaning 'small' (as in microphone) and manage which comes from an old word for 'hand' (like manual). So micromanagement is like 'handling small things', which explains why it means a manager who controls every tiny detail of work.