Micromanagement:
An Employers’
Perspective
by:
Namrata Mishra
Dr. M. Rajkumar
Dr. Rajiv Mishra
Presenter:
Syeda Ayesha Mazahir
Roll #: 03
MS-HRM (M) 2021-2023
• Leadership is considered as one of the most important
factors of any organization whose function is not only
to enhance the output but also to develop strategies to
compete with others.
• Positive impact of Micromanagement:
 handling new employees
 enhancing the efficiency of underperforming
employees
 managing high risk areas
 when there is no one to take charge of work
• Negative impact of Micromanagement:
 high turnover
 low employee morale
 decreased productivity
 customer dissatisfaction
• Wright suggested that the degree of
micromanaging and the amount of
sovereignty and the team members of the
micromanaged team own are negatively
correlated.
• Micromanagement leadership is
perceived as negative by many
researchers, it carves out a way to know
why leaders micromanage and how and
to what extent they micromanage and
what are the effects of
micromanagement on fellow employees
Circumstances
under which
micromanagement
is essential
When:
• assignment is new and complicated.
• employee is new to a task
• organization is in crisis and problems
• lesser productivity
• decision on critical task affecting the
business
• employees are underperforming
• resolves the problem among teams and
groups
• fixing up smaller issues before it
becomes big
• changing its strategy
• serious complaints arising from the
customer and poor results
Causes of
Micromanagement
• Fear
• Confusion
• Comfort of the leaders
• Lack of patience
• Element of ego
• Failure in subordinate
in providing
meaningful feedback
on job assigned
Benefits perceived by
leaders by adopting
Micromanagement style
• Micromanagers control the
output and not their fellow
members.
• They prepares their
subordinates to handle
bigger problems in the
future.
• They are found trustworthy
and strong people.
• Micromanagement helps
the employees to improve
themselves.
• It develops a better understanding among
employers and employees as
micromanagement is sometimes
considered as positive style of leadership
• The study also distinguish between
leaders who micromanage and who micro
mange because of demanded situations.
• This study can become useful in further
analysis of micromanagement and its
impact on employee's performance.