Some of these "in control" managers are just extreme extroverts, who can't comfortably live without a steady stream of victi^W "direct reports" to cater to their weird habits. Instead of simply creating a policy and a monthly report for a trivial daily process easily accomplished by a particular employee, it's so much more satisfying for such a manager to drop in unannounced every day to "supervise". These managers have been stuck at home long enough that all the maids and gardeners have quit and the third spouse has suggested a separation. An omnipresence of such people surely justified the invention of the guillotine...