DILEMMAS OF IT PROFESSIONALS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MICROMANAGEMENT.

Micromanagement is a management style whereby a manager closely observes or controls the work of subordinates or employees. A micromanager is typically one who is obsessed with over control and is overly concerned with all aspects of employee work. Micromanagement prevents innovation. Employees can’t come up with new ideas and procedures on their own. Micro-managers are bad news for business and bad news for employees. Micromanagement breeds misery. Managers that do it wind up frustrating their employees and leaving even the most talented discouraged from doing their best. They dis-empower staff, stifle opportunity and innovation, and give rise to poor performance. Many well-intentioned, hard-working law enforcement supervisors and managers have been condemned as “micromanagers.” Micromanagement destroys morale, increases turnover, and leads bosses to feel overworked and overstressed. Instead of focusing on bringing in new business or creating a winning business plan, a micromanager spends his time lording over a group of employees who feel stifled. So culturally taboo is the label within the workplace that many supervisors will go to any length to avoid the accusation and reputation. Although it is an apt title for some, there are misconceptions about what it means to be a true micromanager.