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Is Micromanagement Boon or Bane?


Now days, the majority of the employees don’t like to be supervised or managed or monitored closely. They would like to have greater degree of freedom and independence while working. Unfortunately a few managers closely and keenly monitor their employees thereby creating several problems for employees. What are the reasons for high attrition in various organizations?

According to the available statistical information 60 to 70 per cent of the employees leave their jobs due to the excessive bossism. At times the bossism may be because of the micromanagement. And this micromanagement will lead to higher levels of attrition. In this context, it is desirable to briefly explain about micromanagement.

Micromanagement is the concept whereby the subordinates are continuously, closely and keenly observed and monitored by the boss. It has both pros and cons and unfortunately the cons outnumber the pros.

The merits of micromanagement are that the employee is constantly corrected, guided, advised, counseled and mentored by the boss. Micromanagement is good if the employee is new to the organization. It is like an infant being cared and nurtured by his mother. But over a period of time, the employee feels confident and comfortable in handling and executing the tasks of his own and would be comfortable in being independent. And if the process of micromanagement persists the employee gets discomfort and feels irritated just as in the case of an adult who is mature but still treated by his mother as still infant.

The boss who believes in excessive micromanagement may not survive, sustain and succeed in the long run. It is basically because his mind is focused to a limited area. On the other hand if the boss stops micromanaging them he tends to develop the delegative skills thereby developing leadership skills from his subordinates. And also the boss can also grow with in the hierarchy. Besides it also creates mutual trust between bosses and subordinates. As it is well known the trust begets trust. The subordinates would experiment various things by trail and error method and learn many lessons either from their successes or from failures thus becoming leaders and mentors for their subordinates.

Micromanagement is a matter of concern as well as a challenge in the present competitive world. Due to the rising aspirations and expectations from the clients and customers the competition has become highly fierce and cut-throat and managers find less time in micromanaging their subordinates.

Micromanagement is essential if there is poor performance from the subordinates and if there is need for spoon feeding. In such a scenario it is advisable to upgrade the skills and abilities of the employees and also it is necessary to equip then with requisite tools and techniques to stand on their feet and perform better.

The low morale among the employees and low production and productivity, performance and attrition are the result of micromanagement. Therefore, micromanagement is more of a bane than a boon. To sum up, what is required for the successful functioning of an organization is not micromanagement but micromanagement.


Prof.M.S.Rao

(The author, Prof. M.S.Rao, is working as an Academic Guide in ICFAI University, India. He delivers ‘Guest Lectures’ upon request. He talks over radio and is a professional Writer and Trainer in soft skills, personality development, motivation, leadership and equity investments. He conducts training sessions to Corporates and Student community. Number of articles has been published in various global websites, magazines and journals. He has blog: http://profmsr.blogspot.com He can be reached at email: profmsr7@yahoo.com, profmsr7@gmail.com).

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