Definition of Micromanagement

1. Noun. The direct management of a project etc to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Micromanagement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Micromanagement

microluces
microlux
microluxes
micromachine
micromachined
micromachines
micromachining
micromachinings
micromagnetic
micromagnetics
micromagnetism
micromainframe
micromainframes
micromanage
micromanaged
micromanagement (current term)
micromanager
micromanagers
micromanages
micromanaging
micromania
micromanipulated
micromanipulation
micromanipulations
micromanipulator
micromanipulators
micromanometer
micromanufacturing
micromaser
micromaterial

Literary usage of Micromanagement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Command and Control for War and Peace by Thomas P. Coakley, DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"control as it is to charge Presidents Johnson and Carter with micromanagement. In the late 1980s, during the investigations of the Iran-Contra affair, ..."

2. Command and Control for War and Peace by Thomas P. Coakley, DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"control as it is to charge Presidents Johnson and Carter with micromanagement. In the late 1980s, during the investigations of the Iran-Contra affair, ..."

3. Same Bed, Different Dreams: America and Japan-Societies in Transition by Alan D. Romberg, Tadashi Yamamoto (1990)
"micromanagement as an Accountability-Forcing Tool In Washington, this increasingly narrowed conception of the role of the senior civil servant is being ..."

4. Inflation and Growth in China: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Beijing edited by Manuel Guitian, Robert Mundell (1998)
"However, what set those reforms apart from previous attempts were the micromanagement system reforms, which made farmers, managers, and workers in state ..."

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