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The Dilbert Principle (Hardcover)

by Scott Adams (Author, Illustrator)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Boxtree Ltd; 6th Edition edition (26 Aug 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752222872
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752222875
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 445,381 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Now in paperback, this is an inside view of bosses, meetings, management fads and other workplace afflictions. Examining bizarre and hilarious situations in the world of work with growing absurdity, Adams reveals the secrets of management, including swearing one's way to the top, selling bad products to stupid people, trolls in accounts and more.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Excels at Pointing Out Organizational Stalls, 28 Jan 1999
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This review is from: The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads and Other Workplace Afflictions (Hardcover)
My work involves helping company leaders identify the causes of "stalled" thinking in the organization. What impresses me about this book is how many of the causes Scott Adams has identified. The man is clearly a great observer of organizations. His crusade against "stalled" thinking (especially by the leaders) also means that others with keen insights send him their observations, as well. Future historians of the American corporation would do better to start with Scott Adams than most of the organizational theory and practice business books that have been written. His humor is excellent, because he is unerring in picking the right balloon to prick. As a management consultant, I regularly reread his chapter on management consultants to be sure that I am not behaving like the ones he describes. Keep these wonderful books and comic strips coming! Be sure to post the strips where they will get the most attention. Maybe you will help someone wake up in your leadership!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Adams delivers another slap in the face for office life, 21 Jun 2001
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As a recent convert to Dilbert I have been going through the books with a unstoppable hunger for all things cubicle, middle-management and especially dogbert. I have found this tome the absolute best of the lot and thoroughly recommend it to all - both seasoned Dilbert reader and those so far unacquainted with the world of.....well;the world - alike. The basic jokes behind the cartoons are amusing but the distinction between Dilbert and mediocre comics is that it is almost all true. Just look at the lists of e-mails that Adams gets from people who write in just to say how true it they all are. Pinned outside offices the world over by the lowliest temp to the director they appeal because Adams draws inspiration from the monotonous drudgery of office life and the beauty is that it hardly needs embellishment (aside from the hilarious catbert human resource manager and the other furred/scaled familiars) - it is just all so true to life. After reading a Dilbert book you wonder how it all got into such a silly state. Then you thank God it has - if not we wouldn't have Dilbert - buy this book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Though Rather Repetitive, 21 April 2001
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This review is from: The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads and Other Workplace Afflictions (Hardcover)
I originally enjoyed the Dilbert cartoons and their cynical look at bosses, management etc., but this book is too repetitive and Dilbert's inability to express his feelings and take positive action against mismanagement have become boring and unrealistic. Yet, because I enjoy such workplace humor (it really is healthy, after all!), I looked for other books providing a good laugh. I recently found, and highly recommend, the side-splitting satire, "Management by Vice". The scientist/author's (C.B. Don) style is refreshingly candid, witty, hilarious and true-to-life in its presentation of mis-management follies, self-aggrandizement and bungling in American industry...though watch out, it could happen anywhere! Give it a read and see, if you don't agree that Dilbert should move over for a more substantial book (with superb illustrations too), like "Management by Vice".
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could use some improvement.
This book is supposed to be a mixture of words and comics. Unfortunately, some comics are too good for Adams to resist: he just can't use them only once. Read more
Published on 26 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Excels at Pointing Out Organizational Stalls
My work involves helping company leaders identify the causes of "stalled" thinking in the organization. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Humor with a sting of reality
Anyone who has worked for a large, bureaucratic corporation will love this and other Dilbert books. My cubicle at work is plastered with Dilbert comics. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, as always
If there are two people on the planet who should be praised and showered with gifts, they are Dave Barry and Scott Adams, the two funniest writers alive. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, if you've escaped
My wife gave me this book when it first came out in hardcover. At the time I worked in a cubicle for a large international corporation and had a boss we all called... Read more
Published on 26 Oct 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent....hard to put down!
If you are ever so frustrated with your workplace and bosses, this IS the book to read. You will never feel alone again!
Published on 19 Oct 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest books I've ever read
I work in a cube farm, I've been restructured, re-engineered, am part of a TQM team which is customer service oriented, market driven, technologically focussed. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars If you reengineer DILBERT you get BLIRTED
No, I don't know what BLIRTED means either. I think that Scott Adams is a sad misguided perverted misfit with a serious dog and rat fetish. Read more
Published on 8 April 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book if you are in the work-force!
Well, it seems that Scott Adams has written a good book. Although many things may be far fetched, much of the content is true. It has many witty comments and metaphors. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Brings You Down TO Mother Earth
I have actually been brought down to Earth by the said book. The Examples,the cartoons and pictuers drive the point home, it really pinches and makes one realise the better side... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 1997

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