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micromanage

The definition of micromanage is to be overly involved in controlling every detail of a project or work being performed.

(verb)

When a boss assigns a project but then oversees every tiny little bit of the project down to what paperclips the employees use to keep the papers together, this is an example of a time when the boss micromanages.

See micromanage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb micromanaged, micromanaging

to manage or control very closely, as by making decisions about even the smallest details, often so as to be regarded as acting inefficiently or counterproductively

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