- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd; First Edition edition (26 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0887307884
- ISBN-13: 978-0887307881
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 20.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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The creator of "Dilbert," the fastest-growing comic strip in America (syndicated in more than 900 newspapers and read by more than 60 million people), presents a hilariously biting compilation of cartoons that expose the absurdities of corporate management. Dilbert is sweeping the nation. "The San Francisco Chronicle" dubbed him "the cartoon hero of the workplace, " saying that the strip "has its finger on the pulse of the '90s white-collar workplace." Now online, it is one of the hottest Web sites on the Internet, and more than a million copies of the "Dilbert" cartoon books have been sold.
In this latest cartoon compilation, Dilbert's canine sidekick, the Machiavellian Dogbert, presents a breakthrough management manual to help bosses stick it to their employees. All too often, new managers make mistakes like rewarding good work with good pay, communicating clearly and improving departmental efficiency. Dogbert shows that this could have devastating results: Employees begin to expect fair treatment and compensation, productive workers show results (making the managers look bad by comparison) and the department's future budget allotment could be decreased because it spends only what it needs.
Drawn from years of experience tormenting Dilbert and advising his boss, "Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook" uses pithy essays, whose points are illustrated with hundreds of comic strips, to drive home the lost cause of the employee in the workplace. It is the perfect gift for bosses and office workers everywhere."[Adams] turns the powerful searchlight of his intelligence on management, seeking its very essence. Think of him as Peter Drucker with fleas." "--Fortune"
"I am nowconvinced 98% of the managers I've worked for have read this book and taken Dogbert's advice." "--USA Today"
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Format:Hardcover
By following the simple principles outlined in this book, I rose from the mailroom to CEO in less time than it took me to read the book.
Format:Hardcover
This book WILL describe the way your company works. I found myself completing the sentences and knowing the chapters before I even read them all!
Format:Hardcover
Now management cannot say that they are highly intellectual over a lot of things. Reading this book by a subordinate would make him edge over his boss knowing all his secrets which are fuul of inefficiencies and ineffectivities.
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Dogberts Tips on the Mastery of the Pointy Haired Boss
It's Scott Adams...it's dogbert...it's making fun of our favorite thing to hate:
Management
Nuff Said.
Published on 17 Jun 1998
Seen lot of this elsewhere
Although a great fan of Scott Adams & dilbert, I have seen too much of this in the daily papers & "the dilbert principle" - a much better book.
Published on 8 Jun 1997
A must-read for corporate droids.
Anyone who has ever worked in a company with more than 2 employees will find this book hilariously funny. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 1997
This book rivals anything Stephen King could imagine!
This book is like spending 40 hours a week in hell...
which is where I used to work, as a matter of fact. Read more
which is where I used to work, as a matter of fact. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 1997
It all makes sense now
After spending the last year and a half working at four very
different jobs for four very different "in-duh-viduals," this
book somehow managed to clarify... Read more
different jobs for four very different "in-duh-viduals," this
book somehow managed to clarify... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 1997
Nowhere near as good as The Dilbert Priciple
This book is basicly just a rehash of The Dilbert Priciple, told from Dogbert's point of view.
Unlike The Dilbert Priciple, which actually proposes solutions to the problems... Read more
Unlike The Dilbert Priciple, which actually proposes solutions to the problems... Read more
Published on 27 Nov 1996
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