- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Boxtree Ltd (23 May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752224107
- ISBN-13: 978-0752224107
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 20 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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349,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #39 in Books > Humour > Comic Strips > Dilbert
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First published in 1997, the successor to The Dilbert Principle is this time written by Dilbert's canine, Dogbert. He teaches new managers vital skills such as how to be leaders without making any decisions and how to inspire employees by giving them worthless knick-knacks. Scott Adams combines the challenges at work with the challenges of life.
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Why do all modern managers do the same bizarre things? Are these methods taught in business schools? Do managers learn by watching more experienced managers? Is it the result of mentoring? None of the above! Every manager follows the doctrine set out in Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook. Here you can learn about: Pretending to care -- how to hear without listening! Making decisions -- be a leader without making any! Empty promises of promotion -- enjoy all the motivational benefits with none of the costs! An essential management bible for new managers, teaching them how to transform themselves from bitter and bewildered 'little people' into fully functioning, paradigm-spewing management zombies!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Reading this makes you laugh out loud, then you think "Hey, my boss said that to me!" and you realise that its very close to the way some people actualy think. People do think like this, companies do issue stupid orders without thinking them through, policies that make no sense are still enforced, and all the time people below such bosses are thinking "How does he do that?" or, more often, "Why does he do that?" and "Why is he still here?" A book like this works because it is close to the truth, you read it and relate to it. This is very close to the truth and very funny.
Format:Paperback
Fantastic service, I am pleased to say that I got it in less 2 weeks on a standard international ship method. Thank you THE-TARTAN-FROG. Cheers,
Format:Hardcover
This is my favourite of the Dilbert books. It condenses so much knowledge down into a hilarious and biting book.
This book has me rolling around the floor laughing. But it also teaches me a lot about how managers think, and how to get round them, or reduce them to absurdity...which they are so thick they never recognise. Mauve truly has the most RAM for most managers. And if they don't understand that they can pay a management consultant to pull the wool over their eyes and convince them that do understand it. And clearly all mistakes are due to character flaws in employees.
The more we discover about our managers the less sensible they appear. The question arises, "How well could we live without them?" This book lampoons management activity mercilessly and accurately, and hilariously.
Highly recommended, and you may both laugh and cry at the stupidity of it all. Many a true word is spoken in jest.
This book has me rolling around the floor laughing. But it also teaches me a lot about how managers think, and how to get round them, or reduce them to absurdity...which they are so thick they never recognise. Mauve truly has the most RAM for most managers. And if they don't understand that they can pay a management consultant to pull the wool over their eyes and convince them that do understand it. And clearly all mistakes are due to character flaws in employees.
The more we discover about our managers the less sensible they appear. The question arises, "How well could we live without them?" This book lampoons management activity mercilessly and accurately, and hilariously.
Highly recommended, and you may both laugh and cry at the stupidity of it all. Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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