I went through this with a younger boss. Management recruited her and created a position for her. This was her first management position. We had a good rapport for the first few months but things turned sour as her lack of knowledge and experience became apparent. She micromanaged me horribly in order to compensate. The more I accomplished, the more she turned up the micromanaging. She wasn't able to provide real guidance and expertise, so she started to go overboard taking notes on everything I said during meetings and required I send her all of my tasks in a spreadsheet every week. I had always been a very independent, self-directed worker, one of those staffers a supervisor would assign tasks to, set a due due and step back. I really did not even need her for anything. She more or less became a secretary from hell for me keeping track of every little thing I did and blowing up small issues into international crises. I eventually left for a new position.