Annotated Bibliography

September 17, 2018

GU500 – Success

Week 2 Discussion

Annotated Bibliography

Mitchell, T. (2003). Micromanaging Is Bad Business. Health Care Registration: The Newsletter For Health Care Registration Professionals, 13(1), 10.

Purpose of Article:

The analogy of a centerfield person having fear of losing success is just as similar to a micromanager who wants to take control for him/herself. This leads to disarray of the team and the trust, the team has for one another.

Article Summary:

Micromanagers have a sense of taking control whether they fear of things do not go his/her, afraid to trust his/her teammates, and or do not fully have the knowledge of his/her own role. Micromanagers’ act can affect the overall efficiency of the team, confusion of one another’s role, and can severely impact the relationship and trust the team built for one another.

Critique of Article:

This article answers my question to how micromanaging affect employees. It also gives an outlook to the reason why micromanagers act the way they did so that I can understand better of how micromanaging was created and why it exists.

Eblin, S. (2017). Micromanagement is Really a Trust Issue. Government Executive, 1.

Purpose of Article:

There is only one reason why micromanager micromanage because they lack trust in their colleagues. Three factors that lead to how trust is establish are sincerity, competence, and credibility.

Article Summary:

Micromanagement is a trust issue started from how sincere you are to the people and your job. Your positive intent displays your character and let others to trust you more. If you lack competence, micromanager will not have trust in you and tend to do the work for you. In fact, the micromanager may not want to keep you, if you lack responsibility. Lastly, credibility depends on your promise and the timeframe you establish on getting stuff done. This will show how dedicated you are to your job and how credible your words will be. All of this lead to trust.

Critique of Article:

This article answers my question in the very first paragraph even before the author starts naming out the factors that explain why trust is the reason to micromanagement. Micromanagement is a trust issue that can give a mental breakdown to many people.