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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)

Published: March 31, 2026

Pages: 21-29

Research Article

A Quantitative Analysis of Factors Affecting the Adoption of Micro-management in Engineering Projects

Tamara A. Obaid 1 Hatem khaleefah 2
1 Ministry of Construction and Housing & Municipalities Public, Baghdad, Iraq.
2 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
History
  • Received: March 6, 2026
  • Revised: March 28, 2026
  • Accepted: March 28, 2026
  • Available Online: March 31, 2026
DOI

https://doi.org/10.65505/ETES-26-0002

Abstract

Micro-management is a type of management in which the manager accurately monitors and intervenes or regulates the work of his subordinates or his employees in detail, and it is the attempt of managers to interfere, influence and control anything in the team, situation or place, Everything in this world carries two different directions, one negative and the other positive, and we aim in this research to exploit the advantages of the method of micromanagement and prove that it can be a successful tool if used correctly and at specific times and within certain limits, in this research the factors affecting Applying this method in construction contracting companies in Iraq to take advantage of this method in identifying the most important problems leading to financial corruption in order to eliminate or reduce them in order to advance the current reality of projects, so the researcher reached the most important factors, including (administrative style, organizational culture) and other factors that have been clarified in a way. In detail in this research, the characteristics of the micromanager were also studied, which represent the cornerstone of the success and failure of this technique, as the effect of each characteristic and the possibility of its availability in the vicinity of engineering companies was addressed.

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