macromanagement
Delegating, not micromanaging
Macromanagement is oversight focused on big-picture strategy rather than day-to-day details—the opposite of micromanagement.
A macromanager sets goals and direction but delegates execution: She believes in macromanagement, letting her team figure out how to hit their targets.
The term appears in business contexts and in video game strategy, where it refers to managing resources and overall positioning rather than controlling individual units.
Imaginative planner of futures
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- executiveSenior organizational leader
direction · authority · empowerment · delegation · trust · autonomy · hands-off · guidance
Ability to see
- planningArranging for future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- goalsIntended end results
roadmap · blueprint · prioritization · alignment · scenario · forecasting · long-term · direction
Transferring responsibility downward
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- workflowSequential task progression
- processesSeries of actions
integration · scalability · centralization · decentralization · restructuring · hierarchy · departments · reporting
Study of aggregate economies
- aggregateCombined sum total
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- inflationSustained price level increase
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
fiscal · monetary · markets · globalization · trade · demographics · indicators · cycles
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- directivesFormal commands or instructions
compliance · standards · guidelines · frameworks · reform · implementation · enforcement · institutional
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
executive · direction · authority · empowerment · delegation · trust · autonomy · hands-off · guidance · mentorship
vision
Ability to see
- planningArranging for future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
goals · roadmap · blueprint · prioritization · alignment · scenario · forecasting · long-term · direction · positioning
delegation
Transferring responsibility downward
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- workflowSequential task progression
processes · integration · scalability · centralization · decentralization · restructuring · hierarchy · departments · reporting · cross-functional
macroeconomics
Study of aggregate economies
unemployment · fiscal · monetary · markets · globalization · trade · demographics · indicators · cycles · growth
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
directives · compliance · standards · guidelines · frameworks · reform · implementation · enforcement · institutional · bureaucracy
macromanagementmicromanagement
Excessive supervisory control
micromanaging · micro-management · close supervision · nitpicking · hovering
macro, management, manage, manager, managers, managed, managing, manageable, unmanageable