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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

微观管理

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wēi guān guǎn lǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Micromanagement/ˈmaɪ.krəʊˌmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"过度的微观管理会让员工感到窒息。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The control of every part, however small, of an enterprise or activity.

    "Employees often quit their jobs due to the constant stress caused by micromanagement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combining form 'micro-' (from Greek mikros, meaning 'small') combined with 'management' (from Late Latin manu agere, meaning 'to lead by the hand'). Emerging in corporate lexicon during the mid-20th century, the term evolved to describe overly controlling administrative behavior reminiscent of the Italian concept of excessive supervision ('congestione' or over-regulation).

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