micromanagement
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Sometimes what we perceive as micromanagement is just workplace culture.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
He said court review of TPS decisions was barred to prevent "judicial micromanagement" of foreign policy determinations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
“When there is less competition and more micromanagement on the government side, no matter the country or the system, it is creating a less effective economy,” says Péter Virovácz, an ING senior economist in Budapest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
The 46% of Monster.com poll respondents who identified micromanagement as a reason to leave a job may have found the version Chef Fields exerted on Carmy particularly uncomfortable.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2024
Reviews are complaining about micromanagement and then employees were saying that the founders were micromanaging their response to this.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2023
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