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RE: Micro Management, what does it mean to you? - 5/9/2007 6:24:49 PM

Aswad

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ORIGINAL: dollparts85

Is it bad that I need Micro Management? *embarrassed*

As RavenMuse said, it's bad that you feel embarrassed about it.

That said, I don't know what you mean by that term, and how it fits in your relationship. I've tried to make clear what I mean by that term, and what I don't mean by it, over the course of the past few posts. I don't have a problem with people practicing it, although it wouldn't work for me in the sense that I use the term. There are, however, things that work for me that some would describe using that term. If you want further clarification on my position, you'll have to describe what you want my position on, I'm afraid.

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RE: Micro Management, what does it mean to you? - 5/9/2007 6:29:31 PM

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ORIGINAL: windchymes

In other words, I've only head the term used negatively in a business/working type environment.

In a business environment, I've yet to see it work in a positive fashion.

Basically, people in a position to micromanage should have enough on their plates not to have the time for micromanagement, or the organization is too top-heavy at that level of administration. That, and people in supervisory positions often lack the skills required at the level of the workers they are supervising, in my experience. Also, people working there should be capable of performing their job with a minimum of supervision after their training / burn-in period, or they shouldn't be performing their job at all.

I'd point out Parkinson's Law in this regard.

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Perhaps a different set of terms is needed in here....perhaps "heavy management" as opposed to "micromanagement" is a better way to think of it. Or, do you want "micromanagement" or do you just want constant attention?

Please, no. There are enough terms that people can't agree on already, and "heavy management" isn't intrinsically sufficiently more descriptive of anything than the previous term that it would clarify things more.

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