Sentences with word «micromanagement»

«That's really getting into micromanagement of how districts do things,» he said.

Here are five ways to trade in micromanagement for a healthier and more productive leadership style:

While the negative health impacts of high - stress jobs have been known for years, new research has found that mixing that stress with micromanagement increases the odds of employees» early deaths.

A relatively poor interface and the ongoing need for micromanagement mask the game's many strengths and risks discouraging both casual players and bored veterans.

In other words, micromanagement doesn't work.

For years, Gov. Jerry Brown has preached a secular version of a religious principle called «subsidiarity,» asserting that local officials should have flexibility to act without micromanagement from Sacramento.

The degree of unit micromanagement required in Dawn of War makes it inevitable.

If you're a first - person shooter fanatic that's not into micromanagement and just wants to kill things, this is definitely not your game.

Doing the latter demands a great deal of micromanagement as you amass a vast array of fighters, corvettes, and capital ships, each with their own strength and weakness.

«On one hand the government is giving councils greater freedoms... but on the other there's still a lot of micromanagement from Whitehall.

Today AEI's Rick Hess and Stanford's Linda Darling - Hammond — two folks who don't always see eye to eye — have a New York Times op - ed that decries federal micromanagement in education, then lays out four things they think Washington should do.

Try to figure out if micromanagement ensues because of unclear directions or your underlying belief that a staff person is not capable of performing the job well.

The U.S. Department of Energy needs to improve how it runs a sprawling network of 17 national research laboratories, with less micromanagement and more ties to industry, according to a new report from an unusual coalition of think tanks.

Some companies have been known to place tracking devices on a rep's car — talk about micromanagement!

This results in a new form of gameplay that has the simplicity, accessibility, and addictive gameplay of tower defense, with much of the strategic depth and competitive multiplayer support of a real - time strategy (RTS) game — and without the unit micromanagement of an RTS!

Of course this may all mean that there's too much micromanagement for those looking for something simple while on the go, but it's impressive to see a PSP version of a sports game come with a full - featured dynasty mode.

With these new political systems comes additional options for those players who'd rather avoid micromanagement.

Without an ambient light sensor available, the screen is left at the user defined brightness, which will ultimately require a little more micromanagement of the watch than might be desired.

At the heart of my own micromanagement tendencies was the fear that my employees would make me look bad.

When it comes to salad, you want ideas over micromanagement.

Structural weaknesses in the design of OERI, inadequate funding, and excessive congressional micromanagement all contribute to the inability of OERI to transform itself.

that unless we adopt massive political micromanagement of human behavior, and simultaneously stop all free and uncoerced human economic activity, the planet will fry.

My search led me to carbon pricing, a rising fee on carbon use, which has been adopted by 40 countries overall and described by top economists as the most efficient climate change solution because it drives consumers and businesses to change their behavior without costly bureaucratic micromanagement.

Samurai Bloodshow will thrill guys and gals who like high - stress micromanagement games.

Shteinberg says that micromanagement often stems from a boss lacking confidence in your work.

In theory, test - based accountability was a mechanism for ensuring that schools were performing, making it possible to reduce micromanagement, slash regulation, and boost school autonomy.

We should continue efforts to scale back NCLB's federal micromanagement so that states can reclaim their role as education leaders and make decisions that meet their students» needs.

I built Meridian to take a shot at building tactical micromanagement gameplay mechanics, but it ended up incorporating larger strategic decisions in an interesting way.

Some say it requires strong leadership coupled with minimal micromanagement while others say they should be the smartest of the bunch.

This system frees the player from resource micromanagement while more accurately reflecting the drain on an economy a large army creates.

They do not want micromanagement, or a senior pastor constantly glancing over the underlings» shoulders.

A lack of a quick save option makes restarting entire missions a pain and tanks that stupidly wander into enemy fire require constant micromanagement, but Halo Wars» engaging narrative, likeable characters and addictive play make it a welcome addition to the series.

Windows can automatically turn on Battery Saver mode and disable it when necessary, saving on tedious micromanagement, so you can keep working.

Fans of Overwatch have been hammering Blizzard with criticisms from top to bottom about the company's overbearing micromanagement of attempting to balance out certain heroes.

Prison Architect is a new micromanagement simulation game from Introversion Software, best known for PC hits including DEFCON, Darwinia, and Multiwinia.

Micromanagement tends to manifest as a shade of perfectionism.

Mediocre ministers mean Sturgeon and her number two are involved in a great deal of micromanagement rather than driving forward any kind of meaningful agenda.

The Soviet SU - 85 seems to drive everywhere backwards, going into battle with its gun pointed the wrong way and its rear armor exposed in lieu of excessive micromanagement.

Instead of responding first to students, parents, and taxpayers, federal education micromanagement has encouraged state education systems and local school districts to orient their focus to the demands of Washington.»

After spending a day with Dreams and the people who made it in Guildford, England, I've come to think of it as a god game, though not in the traditional, micromanagement sense: it's about creating things, then bestowing life upon them and sending them out into the world.

Five years on, the sequel promises a bigger world to scavenge, even more in - depth micromanagement mechanics and four player co-op functionalities.

I always found that Company of Heroes managed to fulfil both sides of the coin rather well, providing a stage set for large - map strategy and resource balancing, alongside detailed micromanagement and a tactical challenge that few RTS titles could hope to stand up to.

When I first started playing Real Boxing I expected an engrossing experience filled with strategic career micromanagement and intense over-complicated combat.