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单词 micromanagement
释义 micromanagement, n. esp. Comm. and Pol. (chiefly U.S.).|ˌmaɪkrəʊˈmænɪdʒmənt|
Also micro-management.
[f. micro- 1 b + management n.]
The control and direction of an enterprise or activity in every particular and to the smallest detail, esp. with the effect of slowing progress or neglecting broader issues of policy or principle.
1975Economist 15 Nov. 102/2 Mr Tun Abdul Rasak's policies in Malaysia are a classic example of good macro, but dismal micro, management of an economy.1977Aviation Week 31 Jan. 71/2 Excessive ‘micromanagement’ by DOR&E and other defense management agencies also contributed to funding delays.1982Maclean's 22 Feb. 30 Others believe that the Pentagon is too preoccupied with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse..[and] that the obsessive attention being devoted to micromanagement obscures a far greater evil—‘the neglect of strategy, the operational art of war, and of tactics.’1989W. Belasco Appetite for Change ix. 217 The body was thus like a corporate ‘portfolio matrix’ requiring ceaseless analysis, rearranging and micromanagement.1993Time 25 Jan. 28/3 Clinton admits his tendency toward micromanagement..but added, ‘As I get more comfortable with it, I'll be able to delegate more and more.’
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