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- noun The direct
management of a project etc to anexcessive degree, with too much attention todetail and insufficientdelegation
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Examples
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He wants to redefine the role of local board members to end what he calls micromanagement of personnel, facilities and details best left to the superintendent.
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I'd argue that micromanagement is generally a bad idea.
Congress and the Constitution David 2007
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It supports public spending but knows micromanagement from the centre does not work.
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It supports public spending but knows micromanagement from the centre does not work.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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But the Commissioner has no interest in long term micromanagement of any of the clubs.
Forbes.com: News Roger Groves 2011
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GRANGE: I like the idea of micromanagement when it comes to sending troops into harm's way with the proper gear, the proper training time, and readiness that they need to be sent into harm's way.
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That list includes efforts to end what Pastorek and other critics call micromanagement of district operations by board members, term limits and cuts or elimination of pay.
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"I have served under five attorneys general, and I never encountered that kind of micromanagement and lack of trust in the staff attorneys."
Cuomo Jacob Gershman 2010
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Of course this requires some of the very "micromanagement" Leavitt doesn't like.
Harold Pollack: Double Count of Irony in Republican Arguments About Medicare 2010
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Was it "micromanagement" when Vincent Gray said he didn't think a Wilson High School biology teacher should have been fired?
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