This describes stupid management rather than micromanagement. Not giving people enough time, interrupting them with urgent but unimportant work, failing to set

This describes stupid management rather than micromanagement. Not giving people enough time, interrupting them with urgent but unimportant work, failing to set clearly defined goals or to give clear feedback. All this has nothing to do with micromanagement per se. In addition, I'm unable to believe that constant attention is bad... unless the boss is a jerk and his attention is of an incorrect kind. As a former employee, I loved real micromanagement, with a liberal but attentive boss who would never forget to ask for my input and would always set clear and realistic goals.