micromanaging

Examples of micromanaging in the following topics:

• Delegation of Authority

  • The opposite of effective delegation is micromanagement, where a manager provides too much input, direction, and review of delegated work.

• Classical Versus Behavioral Perspectives

  • In Theory X, managers assume employees are inherently lazy and, therefore, micromanage.
  • This theory therefore encourages a management approach that is less focused on micromanaging and is more focused on building relationships with employees in order to help them achieve their workplace goals and work as effectively and efficiently as possible.

• Fulfilling the Organizing Function

  • One critical risk of command chains is micromanagement, where managers fail to delegate effectively and exercise excessive control over their subordinates' projects.
  • Micromanagement reduces efficiency and limits autonomy, thus limiting the adaptability of a given organization.

• Honesty in Leadership: Kouzes and Posner

  • Enable others to act: Leaders often make the critical mistake of micromanaging, as opposed to trusting others to do their job.

• Cultural Intelligence

  • Uncertainty avoidance index (UAI): Tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity is a critical element of a society's ability to react to certain management styles and situations, providing an important measurement for understanding how much micromanagement may be useful.

• Behaviorism: Follett, Munsterberg, and Mayo

  • She criticized the overmanagement of employees, a process now known as micromanaging.

• Flaws in the Classical Perspectives

  • This will involve less micromanaging and more trusting employees to do the right thing while at the workplace.

• Fostering Innovation

  • But employees cannot do this when they are being micromanaged.