I've seen this distinction and it always boils down to two factors: is the manager technical and what's the caliber of the engineers.
Technical managers typically have a pretty good idea of what the rough requirements for a given situation will be. They might not be familiar with the exact details but should have some clue, so they just want to make sure everyone has a plan and it's sound. Non-technical managers don't understand what's going on so need to micro-manage because they perceive everything as high risk and complicated.
Caliber of engineers is pretty self-explanatory, but maybe that's selection bias; a 10x engineer won't stay long where he's micro-managed.
non-technical managers have literally no tools at their disposal other than to bug other people to do things. in a crisis, therefore, all they can do is dial up how often and how much they bug everyone else to do the actual work. At best they act as communication hub, gathering crucial information and coordinating to ensure it gets to the right people as fast as possible and they act on it in the right way. But even in that role they are limited because they don't have enough insight to really know who needs to know what and what they can do with the information.
Technical managers typically have a pretty good idea of what the rough requirements for a given situation will be. They might not be familiar with the exact details but should have some clue, so they just want to make sure everyone has a plan and it's sound. Non-technical managers don't understand what's going on so need to micro-manage because they perceive everything as high risk and complicated.
Caliber of engineers is pretty self-explanatory, but maybe that's selection bias; a 10x engineer won't stay long where he's micro-managed.