Description: The Dilbert Principle A Cubicle's Eye View of Bosses Meetings Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions by Scott Adams , Creator of Dilbert 1996 Harper Business Hardcover with dust jacket 6 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches 336 pages Stated first edition No writing, tears or highlighting. (from the dust jacket) Does your company practice the Dilbert Principle? Is your CEO's office plastered with Mission Statements and "change" initiatives? Does your boss confuse his laptop with an Etch-A-Sketch ? Are you asked for status reports on status reports ? Have bonuses been replaced with novelty items inscribed with the corporate logo? Are idiots promoted because they have good hair? In a world of TQM , reengineering , and empowered secretaries, Dilbert has become the poster boy of corporate America. Millions of office dwellers tack Scott Adams's comic strip to their walls when murdering the boss is not an acceptable option. After seventeen years of working in a cubicle and reading thousands of e-mail messages from readers who've been downsized rightsized flattened and put in charge of quality teams , Scott Adams can no longer restrict himself to a single artistic medium. Now, in an unabashed attempt to cash in on the 1ucrative business book market, Scott brings us The Dilbert Principle . In twenty-six provocative, illustrated chapters, Scott Adams reveals the secrets of management in every company, including: Swearing your way to success Faking quality Business plans : world's greatest fiction Trolls in the accounting department Humiliation as a management tool Selling bad products to stupid people And more! SCOTT ADAMS spent nine years as a necktie-wearing, corporate victim assigned to cubicle 4S700R at the headquarters of Pacific Bell. He lives in northern California. CONTENTS Foreword : Big Opening Introduction: Why Is Business So Absurd? 1 The Dilbert Principle 2 Humiliation 3 Business Communication 4 Great Lies of Management 5 Machiavellian Methods 6 Employee Strategies 7 Performance Reviews 8 Pretending to Work 9 Swearing : The Key to Success for Women 10 How to Get Your Way 11 Marketing and Communications 12 Management Consultants 13 Business Plans 14 Engineers, Scientists, Programmers, and Other Odd People 15 Change 16 Budgeting 17 Sales 18 Meetings 19 Projects 20 ISO 9000 21 Downsizing 22 How To Tell If Your Company Is Doomed 23 Reenginneering 24 Team-Building Exercises 25 Leaders 26 New Company Model OA5 Please let me know if pictures do not load properly or if anything else should be added to this listing. Any questions, please ask. Please check my other items. Combine purchases and save on shipping! ( Message me before paying for a combined invoice) Thanks for looking!
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Scott Adams
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 1996
Genre: Humor
Item Weight: 20 oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
