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Can micromanaging issue could be brought up as an ethical issue? [closed]
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“Micromanagement is a personality aberration of insecure individuals.†— Susan K. O’Brien, organizational specialist
“One micromanager can do
more damage to an organization than termites in the foundation of a
house.†— Eric Boehme, IT professional
“Micromanagement doesn’t just
suck the life out of the workers, it sucks the life out of the
manager, too.†— Wally Bock, leadership expert
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I have been micromanaged all this while and I just found out about it. After researching about this newly learned term. I have found out that many opposed this system.
Can this issue be reported to the ethics committee or HR personals?
management ethics human-resources
asked Jan 23 '15 at 1:25
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Jim G., Chris E, Jan Doggen, gnat, Michael Grubey Jan 23 '15 at 12:33
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“Micromanagement is a personality aberration of insecure individuals.†— Susan K. O’Brien, organizational specialist
“One micromanager can do
more damage to an organization than termites in the foundation of a
house.†— Eric Boehme, IT professional
“Micromanagement doesn’t just
suck the life out of the workers, it sucks the life out of the
manager, too.†— Wally Bock, leadership expert
Source
I have been micromanaged all this while and I just found out about it. After researching about this newly learned term. I have found out that many opposed this system.
Can this issue be reported to the ethics committee or HR personals?
management ethics human-resources
asked Jan 23 '15 at 1:25
3.1415926535897932384626433832
49213
closed as primarily opinion-based by Jim G., Chris E, Jan Doggen, gnat, Michael Grubey Jan 23 '15 at 12:33
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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micromanagement is really a style than a form of harassment. also, what is an "ethics society", they sound utterly terrifying. i would stay well clear of them.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 1:47
Edited the link for Ethics.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:03
2
i checked out that link and i'm still terrified of the ethics society. Altho it would seem they're (ironically) just an ethically bankrupt company, as they sell to companies the ability to say that "there is budget allocated to ethical behaviour, we don't have a culture of evil, man." Also, i think you will find that the above is the best, most accurate use of the word "ironically" you have ever read.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 2:21
Why are you so afraid of ethics. They provide support and govern Unethical issue in a cooperation as a third party thus there would be no bias in the end result. Which is bad for higher rank personal, whom seem always to find a loop hole.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:36
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“Micromanagement is a personality aberration of insecure individuals.†— Susan K. O’Brien, organizational specialist
“One micromanager can do
more damage to an organization than termites in the foundation of a
house.†— Eric Boehme, IT professional
“Micromanagement doesn’t just
suck the life out of the workers, it sucks the life out of the
manager, too.†— Wally Bock, leadership expert
Source
I have been micromanaged all this while and I just found out about it. After researching about this newly learned term. I have found out that many opposed this system.
Can this issue be reported to the ethics committee or HR personals?
management ethics human-resources
asked Jan 23 '15 at 1:25
3.1415926535897932384626433832
49213
“Micromanagement is a personality aberration of insecure individuals.†— Susan K. O’Brien, organizational specialist
“One micromanager can do
more damage to an organization than termites in the foundation of a
house.†— Eric Boehme, IT professional
“Micromanagement doesn’t just
suck the life out of the workers, it sucks the life out of the
manager, too.†— Wally Bock, leadership expert
Source
I have been micromanaged all this while and I just found out about it. After researching about this newly learned term. I have found out that many opposed this system.
Can this issue be reported to the ethics committee or HR personals?
management ethics human-resources
asked Jan 23 '15 at 1:25
3.1415926535897932384626433832
49213
edited Jan 23 '15 at 2:02
asked Jan 23 '15 at 1:25
3.1415926535897932384626433832
49213
asked Jan 23 '15 at 1:25
3.1415926535897932384626433832
49213
asked Jan 23 '15 at 1:25
3.1415926535897932384626433832
49213
49213
closed as primarily opinion-based by Jim G., Chris E, Jan Doggen, gnat, Michael Grubey Jan 23 '15 at 12:33
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as primarily opinion-based by Jim G., Chris E, Jan Doggen, gnat, Michael Grubey Jan 23 '15 at 12:33
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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micromanagement is really a style than a form of harassment. also, what is an "ethics society", they sound utterly terrifying. i would stay well clear of them.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 1:47
Edited the link for Ethics.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:03
2
i checked out that link and i'm still terrified of the ethics society. Altho it would seem they're (ironically) just an ethically bankrupt company, as they sell to companies the ability to say that "there is budget allocated to ethical behaviour, we don't have a culture of evil, man." Also, i think you will find that the above is the best, most accurate use of the word "ironically" you have ever read.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 2:21
Why are you so afraid of ethics. They provide support and govern Unethical issue in a cooperation as a third party thus there would be no bias in the end result. Which is bad for higher rank personal, whom seem always to find a loop hole.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:36
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3
micromanagement is really a style than a form of harassment. also, what is an "ethics society", they sound utterly terrifying. i would stay well clear of them.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 1:47
Edited the link for Ethics.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:03
2
i checked out that link and i'm still terrified of the ethics society. Altho it would seem they're (ironically) just an ethically bankrupt company, as they sell to companies the ability to say that "there is budget allocated to ethical behaviour, we don't have a culture of evil, man." Also, i think you will find that the above is the best, most accurate use of the word "ironically" you have ever read.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 2:21
Why are you so afraid of ethics. They provide support and govern Unethical issue in a cooperation as a third party thus there would be no bias in the end result. Which is bad for higher rank personal, whom seem always to find a loop hole.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:36
3
3
micromanagement is really a style than a form of harassment. also, what is an "ethics society", they sound utterly terrifying. i would stay well clear of them.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 1:47
micromanagement is really a style than a form of harassment. also, what is an "ethics society", they sound utterly terrifying. i would stay well clear of them.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 1:47
Edited the link for Ethics.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:03
Edited the link for Ethics.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:03
2
2
i checked out that link and i'm still terrified of the ethics society. Altho it would seem they're (ironically) just an ethically bankrupt company, as they sell to companies the ability to say that "there is budget allocated to ethical behaviour, we don't have a culture of evil, man." Also, i think you will find that the above is the best, most accurate use of the word "ironically" you have ever read.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 2:21
i checked out that link and i'm still terrified of the ethics society. Altho it would seem they're (ironically) just an ethically bankrupt company, as they sell to companies the ability to say that "there is budget allocated to ethical behaviour, we don't have a culture of evil, man." Also, i think you will find that the above is the best, most accurate use of the word "ironically" you have ever read.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 2:21
Why are you so afraid of ethics. They provide support and govern Unethical issue in a cooperation as a third party thus there would be no bias in the end result. Which is bad for higher rank personal, whom seem always to find a loop hole.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:36
Why are you so afraid of ethics. They provide support and govern Unethical issue in a cooperation as a third party thus there would be no bias in the end result. Which is bad for higher rank personal, whom seem always to find a loop hole.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:36
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Analyzing ethical issues is not HR's responsibility. Acting as the representative of the company to the employees, educating employees on company policies and enforcing them through disciplinary measures if necessary and ensuring company-wide compliance with the applicable labor laws and regulations is what HR is responsible for and what it does - or at least, is supposed to do.
Feel free to report micromanagement to the ethics society if you want to, but it's not clear to me what the ethics society can do for you or what your complaint gets you.
The perception of micromanagement is highly subjective, unless we are dealing with the special case of control freaks. I wouldn't equate close supervision at critical moments and being vigorous and careful about important detail with micromanagement but some may resent it as exactly such.
answered Jan 23 '15 at 1:49
Vietnhi Phuvan
68.9k7118254
I'm not planning to complain. i just want to know is it possible to take legal action against this kind of managers.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:06
2
@Sarenya First, we don't give legal advice. We don't practice medicine without a license either. Second, if you want to take legal action, what's the charge? Third, if you are asking what legal action you can take, why are you asking as the title of your post whether micromanagement is an ethical issue?
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 2:11
Point noted, thus we can say that micromanagement is not an ethical issue nor a problem. I just need to sit tight and adapt my self to this issue.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:30
1
@Sarenya Micromanagement is not considered an ethical or legal issue but it can legitimately be considered a problematic management style, if the result is loss of team effectiveness, the team losing sight of the big picture, being alienated from the manager and being kept inordinately busy focusing on small parts at the expense of the project as a whole. Supervision is expensive and like most resources, it must be carefully allocated.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 11:25
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It is an ethical issue in the sense of the level of freedom that a company is willing to give to its employees. Micro-management itself is a generic word. Does it apply to 'what' or 'how'? It could mean different things to an employee - newly joined or experienced. If it is a newly joined employee, it could mean lot more 'handholding' (lot more of 'how' than 'what'). If it more 'experienced', it could mean just 'giving top level directions' (lot more of 'what' and little/nothing of 'how').
answered Jan 23 '15 at 8:15
Raghuraman R
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2 Answers
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active
oldest
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active
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Analyzing ethical issues is not HR's responsibility. Acting as the representative of the company to the employees, educating employees on company policies and enforcing them through disciplinary measures if necessary and ensuring company-wide compliance with the applicable labor laws and regulations is what HR is responsible for and what it does - or at least, is supposed to do.
Feel free to report micromanagement to the ethics society if you want to, but it's not clear to me what the ethics society can do for you or what your complaint gets you.
The perception of micromanagement is highly subjective, unless we are dealing with the special case of control freaks. I wouldn't equate close supervision at critical moments and being vigorous and careful about important detail with micromanagement but some may resent it as exactly such.
answered Jan 23 '15 at 1:49
Vietnhi Phuvan
68.9k7118254
I'm not planning to complain. i just want to know is it possible to take legal action against this kind of managers.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:06
2
@Sarenya First, we don't give legal advice. We don't practice medicine without a license either. Second, if you want to take legal action, what's the charge? Third, if you are asking what legal action you can take, why are you asking as the title of your post whether micromanagement is an ethical issue?
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 2:11
Point noted, thus we can say that micromanagement is not an ethical issue nor a problem. I just need to sit tight and adapt my self to this issue.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:30
1
@Sarenya Micromanagement is not considered an ethical or legal issue but it can legitimately be considered a problematic management style, if the result is loss of team effectiveness, the team losing sight of the big picture, being alienated from the manager and being kept inordinately busy focusing on small parts at the expense of the project as a whole. Supervision is expensive and like most resources, it must be carefully allocated.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 11:25
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Analyzing ethical issues is not HR's responsibility. Acting as the representative of the company to the employees, educating employees on company policies and enforcing them through disciplinary measures if necessary and ensuring company-wide compliance with the applicable labor laws and regulations is what HR is responsible for and what it does - or at least, is supposed to do.
Feel free to report micromanagement to the ethics society if you want to, but it's not clear to me what the ethics society can do for you or what your complaint gets you.
The perception of micromanagement is highly subjective, unless we are dealing with the special case of control freaks. I wouldn't equate close supervision at critical moments and being vigorous and careful about important detail with micromanagement but some may resent it as exactly such.
answered Jan 23 '15 at 1:49
Vietnhi Phuvan
68.9k7118254
I'm not planning to complain. i just want to know is it possible to take legal action against this kind of managers.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:06
2
@Sarenya First, we don't give legal advice. We don't practice medicine without a license either. Second, if you want to take legal action, what's the charge? Third, if you are asking what legal action you can take, why are you asking as the title of your post whether micromanagement is an ethical issue?
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 2:11
Point noted, thus we can say that micromanagement is not an ethical issue nor a problem. I just need to sit tight and adapt my self to this issue.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:30
1
@Sarenya Micromanagement is not considered an ethical or legal issue but it can legitimately be considered a problematic management style, if the result is loss of team effectiveness, the team losing sight of the big picture, being alienated from the manager and being kept inordinately busy focusing on small parts at the expense of the project as a whole. Supervision is expensive and like most resources, it must be carefully allocated.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 11:25
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Analyzing ethical issues is not HR's responsibility. Acting as the representative of the company to the employees, educating employees on company policies and enforcing them through disciplinary measures if necessary and ensuring company-wide compliance with the applicable labor laws and regulations is what HR is responsible for and what it does - or at least, is supposed to do.
Feel free to report micromanagement to the ethics society if you want to, but it's not clear to me what the ethics society can do for you or what your complaint gets you.
The perception of micromanagement is highly subjective, unless we are dealing with the special case of control freaks. I wouldn't equate close supervision at critical moments and being vigorous and careful about important detail with micromanagement but some may resent it as exactly such.
answered Jan 23 '15 at 1:49
Vietnhi Phuvan
68.9k7118254
Analyzing ethical issues is not HR's responsibility. Acting as the representative of the company to the employees, educating employees on company policies and enforcing them through disciplinary measures if necessary and ensuring company-wide compliance with the applicable labor laws and regulations is what HR is responsible for and what it does - or at least, is supposed to do.
Feel free to report micromanagement to the ethics society if you want to, but it's not clear to me what the ethics society can do for you or what your complaint gets you.
The perception of micromanagement is highly subjective, unless we are dealing with the special case of control freaks. I wouldn't equate close supervision at critical moments and being vigorous and careful about important detail with micromanagement but some may resent it as exactly such.
answered Jan 23 '15 at 1:49
Vietnhi Phuvan
68.9k7118254
answered Jan 23 '15 at 1:49
Vietnhi Phuvan
68.9k7118254
answered Jan 23 '15 at 1:49
Vietnhi Phuvan
68.9k7118254
answered Jan 23 '15 at 1:49
Vietnhi Phuvan
68.9k7118254
68.9k7118254
I'm not planning to complain. i just want to know is it possible to take legal action against this kind of managers.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:06
2
@Sarenya First, we don't give legal advice. We don't practice medicine without a license either. Second, if you want to take legal action, what's the charge? Third, if you are asking what legal action you can take, why are you asking as the title of your post whether micromanagement is an ethical issue?
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 2:11
Point noted, thus we can say that micromanagement is not an ethical issue nor a problem. I just need to sit tight and adapt my self to this issue.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:30
1
@Sarenya Micromanagement is not considered an ethical or legal issue but it can legitimately be considered a problematic management style, if the result is loss of team effectiveness, the team losing sight of the big picture, being alienated from the manager and being kept inordinately busy focusing on small parts at the expense of the project as a whole. Supervision is expensive and like most resources, it must be carefully allocated.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 11:25
suggest improvements |Â
I'm not planning to complain. i just want to know is it possible to take legal action against this kind of managers.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:06
2
@Sarenya First, we don't give legal advice. We don't practice medicine without a license either. Second, if you want to take legal action, what's the charge? Third, if you are asking what legal action you can take, why are you asking as the title of your post whether micromanagement is an ethical issue?
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 2:11
Point noted, thus we can say that micromanagement is not an ethical issue nor a problem. I just need to sit tight and adapt my self to this issue.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:30
1
@Sarenya Micromanagement is not considered an ethical or legal issue but it can legitimately be considered a problematic management style, if the result is loss of team effectiveness, the team losing sight of the big picture, being alienated from the manager and being kept inordinately busy focusing on small parts at the expense of the project as a whole. Supervision is expensive and like most resources, it must be carefully allocated.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 11:25
I'm not planning to complain. i just want to know is it possible to take legal action against this kind of managers.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:06
I'm not planning to complain. i just want to know is it possible to take legal action against this kind of managers.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:06
2
2
@Sarenya First, we don't give legal advice. We don't practice medicine without a license either. Second, if you want to take legal action, what's the charge? Third, if you are asking what legal action you can take, why are you asking as the title of your post whether micromanagement is an ethical issue?
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 2:11
@Sarenya First, we don't give legal advice. We don't practice medicine without a license either. Second, if you want to take legal action, what's the charge? Third, if you are asking what legal action you can take, why are you asking as the title of your post whether micromanagement is an ethical issue?
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 2:11
Point noted, thus we can say that micromanagement is not an ethical issue nor a problem. I just need to sit tight and adapt my self to this issue.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:30
Point noted, thus we can say that micromanagement is not an ethical issue nor a problem. I just need to sit tight and adapt my self to this issue.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:30
1
1
@Sarenya Micromanagement is not considered an ethical or legal issue but it can legitimately be considered a problematic management style, if the result is loss of team effectiveness, the team losing sight of the big picture, being alienated from the manager and being kept inordinately busy focusing on small parts at the expense of the project as a whole. Supervision is expensive and like most resources, it must be carefully allocated.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 11:25
@Sarenya Micromanagement is not considered an ethical or legal issue but it can legitimately be considered a problematic management style, if the result is loss of team effectiveness, the team losing sight of the big picture, being alienated from the manager and being kept inordinately busy focusing on small parts at the expense of the project as a whole. Supervision is expensive and like most resources, it must be carefully allocated.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Jan 23 '15 at 11:25
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
-1
down vote
It is an ethical issue in the sense of the level of freedom that a company is willing to give to its employees. Micro-management itself is a generic word. Does it apply to 'what' or 'how'? It could mean different things to an employee - newly joined or experienced. If it is a newly joined employee, it could mean lot more 'handholding' (lot more of 'how' than 'what'). If it more 'experienced', it could mean just 'giving top level directions' (lot more of 'what' and little/nothing of 'how').
answered Jan 23 '15 at 8:15
Raghuraman R
19614
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
-1
down vote
It is an ethical issue in the sense of the level of freedom that a company is willing to give to its employees. Micro-management itself is a generic word. Does it apply to 'what' or 'how'? It could mean different things to an employee - newly joined or experienced. If it is a newly joined employee, it could mean lot more 'handholding' (lot more of 'how' than 'what'). If it more 'experienced', it could mean just 'giving top level directions' (lot more of 'what' and little/nothing of 'how').
answered Jan 23 '15 at 8:15
Raghuraman R
19614
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
-1
down vote
up vote
-1
down vote
It is an ethical issue in the sense of the level of freedom that a company is willing to give to its employees. Micro-management itself is a generic word. Does it apply to 'what' or 'how'? It could mean different things to an employee - newly joined or experienced. If it is a newly joined employee, it could mean lot more 'handholding' (lot more of 'how' than 'what'). If it more 'experienced', it could mean just 'giving top level directions' (lot more of 'what' and little/nothing of 'how').
answered Jan 23 '15 at 8:15
Raghuraman R
19614
It is an ethical issue in the sense of the level of freedom that a company is willing to give to its employees. Micro-management itself is a generic word. Does it apply to 'what' or 'how'? It could mean different things to an employee - newly joined or experienced. If it is a newly joined employee, it could mean lot more 'handholding' (lot more of 'how' than 'what'). If it more 'experienced', it could mean just 'giving top level directions' (lot more of 'what' and little/nothing of 'how').
answered Jan 23 '15 at 8:15
Raghuraman R
19614
answered Jan 23 '15 at 8:15
Raghuraman R
19614
answered Jan 23 '15 at 8:15
Raghuraman R
19614
answered Jan 23 '15 at 8:15
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micromanagement is really a style than a form of harassment. also, what is an "ethics society", they sound utterly terrifying. i would stay well clear of them.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 1:47
Edited the link for Ethics.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 2:03
2
i checked out that link and i'm still terrified of the ethics society. Altho it would seem they're (ironically) just an ethically bankrupt company, as they sell to companies the ability to say that "there is budget allocated to ethical behaviour, we don't have a culture of evil, man." Also, i think you will find that the above is the best, most accurate use of the word "ironically" you have ever read.
– bharal
Jan 23 '15 at 2:21
Why are you so afraid of ethics. They provide support and govern Unethical issue in a cooperation as a third party thus there would be no bias in the end result. Which is bad for higher rank personal, whom seem always to find a loop hole.
– 3.1415926535897932384626433832
Jan 23 '15 at 5:36