Why Do Employees Only Prefer Macro Management?

What is macro-management?

Macro management is when the employees have a supervisor who governs their long-term actions like productivity enhancement and happiness as opposed to micro-management which is more concerned with short-term issues like getting work done and meeting deadlines.

What are the advantages of macro-management?

• With macro-management, you don’t have some always yelling at your back at all times to do the work.
• You are free to work as per your convenience, provided your productivity is not hampered.
• Employees in this regard are mostly free to come to the office and leave as per their will.
• They can take up as much work as they can do on a particular day.
• They get ample time and space to use it only for the betterment of the company.

Many times, it so happens that a macro manager is too busy supervising other teams too. So they may sort of ‘neglect’ their macro managerial duties. In such cases, the productivity of the team tends to go down considerably.

But if the employees understand the complexity and seriousness of the situation, they are less likely to take undue advantage of macro-management. Other than this, macro management is the best option for the employees’ mental health and also for the manager’s.

Why do employees prefer macro-management over any other type of management?

No person, in their sane mind, would want to each of their actions dictated, which is precisely what happens with micro-management. Especially adults who have spent their childhood under strict parents tend to undergo the same effects in their adult life too.

Macro management comes with plenty of relief and flexibility to work with. True that there is a manager supervising your actions, but they do it from afar. Which leaves you enough space to do your work and meet deadlines as per your convenience.