The Dilbert Principle: Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads, and Other Workplace Afflictions
The creator of "Dilbert," the fastest-growing comic strip in the nation (syndicated in nearly 1000 newspapers), takes a look at corporate America in all its glorious lunacy. Lavishly illustrated with "Dilbert" strips, these hilarious essays on incompetent bosses, management fads, bewildering...
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The creator of "Dilbert," the fastest-growing comic strip in the nation (syndicated in nearly 1000 newspapers), takes a look at corporate America in all its glorious lunacy. Lavishly illustrated with "Dilbert" strips, these hilarious essays on incompetent bosses, management fads, bewildering technological changes and so much more, will make anyone who has ever worked in an office laugh out loud in recognition. The Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage -- management. Since 1989, Scott Adams has been illustrating this principle each day, lampooning the corporate world through "Dilbert," his enormously popular comic strip. In Dilbert, the potato-shaped, abuse-absorbing hero of the strip, Adams has given voice to the millions of Americans buffeted by the many adversities of the workplace. Now he takes the next step, attacking corporate culture head-on in this lighthearted series of essays. Packed with more than 100 hilarious cartoons, these 25 chapters explore the zeitgeist of ever-changing management trends, overbearing egos, management incompetence, bottomless bureaucracies, petrifying performance reviews, three-hour meetings, the confusion of the information superhighway and more. With sharp eyes, and an even sharper wit, Adams exposes -- and skewers -- the bizarre absurdities of everyday corporate life. Readers will be convinced that he must be spying on their bosses, "The Dilbert Principle" rings so true!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780887307874 (0887307876)
Publish date: April 18th 1996
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Business,
Leadership,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Comic Strips,
Cartoon
Series: Dilbert: Business (#1)
I'm usually amused by the Dilbert comics. But it turns out that Adams has a strongly conservative streak, which didn't really appeal.
This book should require a re-read. As it turned out, Adams understand those of us who are living in our cubicle. We have our lunch there, we tried and failed to turn it into a space we like, but we are being paid to live there until Overtime is over.This would make you laugh, even if you like your ...