micro-management

The bigger picture starts with the vision and micro-management is in danger of destroying all those things that, from a distance, stand as one bright ray of hope in a troubled world.

What Civil Space Agency Would You Create? - NASA Watch 2009

The proposed hearings smack of political grandstanding and micro-management, especially since there is no evidence that the type of conduct which prompted the September arrests of seven students is wide-spread.

Dennis C. Vacco: What's Next, Felony Gum Chewing? Dennis C. Vacco 2011

I realize professors abhor classroom micro-management, but the trade-off seems worth it.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Laptops in Class Redux 2010

The proposed hearings smack of political grandstanding and micro-management, especially since there is no evidence that the type of conduct which prompted the September arrests of seven students is wide-spread.

Dennis C. Vacco: What's Next, Felony Gum Chewing? Dennis C. Vacco 2011

He has also been told to give his subordinates greater autonomy to reduce his scope for micro-management.

Return to Lender for Lloyd's CEO Simon Nixon 2011

After all, "too much micro-management of audience objectives… at individual programme level runs the risk of creating not only perverse or unintended consequences but also of excessive bureaucracy".

BBC Trust suffers dramatic outbreak of jargon 2011

These guys I knew I could help, with a little coaching and micro-management.

Playing the Big One: A Survival Guide John Paul Newport 2011

He was criticized for micro-management as he personally intervened in the nuclear crisis, fearing that the highly bureaucratic plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., was not taking the crisis seriously enough.

Japan's Kan Resigns as Party Leader Toko Sekiguchi 2011

I worked as a fraud investigator for Jobcentre Plus until last summer when I resigned over the micro-management culture setting virtually unachieveable targets aimed at specific offences.

Letters: Harsh reality of targets and job search 2011

Finally as I type 'off topically' I have been watching the removal of the WFCS-II and note that well intentioned MC micro-management has wasted roughly half an hour when Drew could have manually undone the Grounding Strap bolt with simple BRUTE FORCE (2).

Minor Damage Seen on Atlantis - NASA Watch 2009