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Understanding what factors may be contributing to the micromanagement situation you are in can help you decide on your next steps. Additional Article Information: =============================== 418 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2007-01-26 10:12:00 Written By: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success Copyright: 2007 Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success's Picture URL: http://shortcut2success.com/Images/kentjacobson.jpg For more free-reprint articles by Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success, please visit: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/d/index.shtml#Kent_Jacobson_a.k.a._Mr._Success ============================================= Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters: ============================================= If you use this article on your website or in your ezine, We Want To Know About It. 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Understanding what factors may be contributing to the micromanagement situation you are in can help you decide on your next steps. Often, micromanagement is utilized because a manager or person is seeking detailed information about a product, service or even a person for a negative reason. Micromanagement is put in place because there is an underlying need to have a certain level of knowledge. This detailed knowledge is required for a reason and to assist in their decision making process. What should you do? Look at the situation as a whole and decide if you are alone or part of a larger group under the same micromanagement scrutiny. If you feel isolated, talk to the person and see if you can discover the cause behind the behavior. You may not be able to get to the reason initially, but try. Maybe there is a misunderstanding, and a simple change of behavior through this discussion resolves the cause of the scrutiny. If a discussion does not work, seek assistance from the human resource department or possibly a professional counselor. Explain your situation and request their assistance in investigating the situation. Based on this gathered information, you need to assess what is right for you and, ultimately, if change is required. It may be time to seek an alternate position within a different department or outside the company. If the situation appears to be spread across the general population, the negative signs can be related to a company's cash flow or possibly a pending reduction in staff. You may not find the exact reason, but investigating a few key areas of the company is important because your future is at stake. General company indicators are; has the sales forecast been met? Any items not delivered as promised? Did the company have a recent budget review? Have the budgets been exhausted; was a big order booked that cannot possibly be met? Micromanagement is a very negative management technique, a de-motivator, and causes untold amounts of stress. Look at your situation; make sure you are not the cause; try to understand what's behind the behavior, and be willing to initiate change if required. Remember, take charge of your daily life and success will follow. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent Jacobson, a.k.a. "Mr. Success" is a trusted authority in the success field and provides valuable success information for free through his website at: http://www.Shortcut2Success.com . You can also read Kent's Success Blog to find more success secrets at: http://www.Shortcut2Success.com/blog --- END ARTICLE --- Get HTML or TEXT Copy-and-Paste Versions Of This Article at: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/j/frustrated-by-micromanagement.shtml#get_code ..................................... 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