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Summary: Aren't we in trouble here...?
Review: The fact that most people find this book so funny and so good is probably that they can indentify with a of lot of the contents. Doesn't that in fact mean that the world is a lot of trouble and that everything could be running so much better and more smoothly? On the other hand it would probably be so boring too, wouldn't it...?
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Summary: The Catch-22 of the corporate world.
Review: This hilarious book looks at the life - or at least that significant part of life spent at work - of an employee at a large corporation.I've read this book while working for Intel Israel, but the book reminded me of my previous work for the Israely army (probably because my managers and coworkers at Intel did their job well). The memories of being assigned ridiculus tasks by pilots & tank commanders turned project managers by virtue of 'hiding in the attic for 4 years' resurfaced, as well as memories of enlisted personnel being trained to become officers en-masse in place of technical training (little budget for professional courses, lots of budget to train the technically untrained to become managers). Being able to look back and laugh at it was a releasing experience. How many people were rewarded for saving a few cents' worth of printer paper, and then order by a major to spend thousands of dollars from one of the squadron budgets so that a big amount of money would be allocated to it the next year, and being reprehended for failing ? The ability to look at corporate life with all their beurocratic wierd twists and illogical abberations and laugh is most refreshing.
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Summary: A Masterly Guide
Review: Sittine in my cubicle, I have been watching the world with the curiousity to deliver my due to the organization. And like many many people I find similar charecters as Scott described in this shockingly realistic work. Most horrifying experience for me is finding some charecters in me at times. For sceptics this may look like a over sinical work but, to me this looks like an inspirational work describing how we should not be.
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Summary: This book changed my life forever
Review: This book changed my life forever (and also Scott Adam's life, I supose, because it selled very well). I was a manager in LOJAS AMERICANAS, one of the largest retail trade companies in Brazil. There was no cublicle there, because we worked in the store's floor, but I sensed something very wrong was going on with my life. I was 28 years-old at the time and I saw consultants making hell of our lives, managers that didn't even know what was "Windows", directors trying to give inspiring speechs to absurdly low-paid employees... Someday, I bought this book. UAU ! It was everything there ! THat was the hell and ridiculous I was living, line-by-line, word-by-word ! I'm not a irresponsible man, but I was fired a little time after reading the book, and the book gave me the conscious that stopping working for that company could be the salvation of my life. And it was. Now I work almost for myself, in a dignified way, with a decent salary. Thanks, Scott.
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Summary: A good bathroom book
Review: The Dilbert Principle is a funny book, mainly because Scott Adams as a writer is wacky. He also brings interesting and cynical ideas about the technological workplace. Comics are well interspersed although the funniest part is no doubt the emails that Adams received from unfortunate workers caught in situations similar to the Dilbert comics. All in all, not a hoot but a humour book recommended for anyone who likes Dilbert. If you really want to see more comics and all the characters in the strip you should buy "Seven years of highly defective people".
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Summary: It IS possbile to die laughing.
Review: This book is an outrageously funny look at corporate life. If you work or have worked in an office, this book is for you. At some point or another, every corporate employee has worked with one or more of the characters from Dilbert. Scott Adams pokes gently fun and along with multiple cartoons to illustrate his points, he make the reader laugh and say "I've been there". This is a funny book. I didn't expect Mr. Adams to be able to pull it off. I thought the cartoons were great but that he would not be able to transfer his skill to bookwriting. I am delighted to say I was wrong. This is a delight to read and re-read. Thank you for making me laugh.
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Summary: One of the best business books of all time
Review: Over the past decade, management books have emerged from academic libraries, and now compete for poll position in the local airport bookstore. Despite this, many are written in unreadable jargon, and tackle the identical banalities, namely the ever-increasing rate of change, the difference between leadership and management, and people, your greatest asset. For this reason, it is a pleasant surprise to read that Dilbert has apparently become the number one business book of all times. Some people see this as a bad thing. As management guru Gary Hamel says: "Dilbert is cynical about management. Never has there been so much cynicism." Hamel is the strategist's strategist. His book Competing for the Future is about the ever-increasing rate of change, the difference between leadership and management, and people, your greatest asset. To the high priests of strategic thinking, such cynicism is sacrilege. But some of us enjoy a good laugh, and a well-drawn mental picture has the impact of a thousand management words. According to Asams we are all idiots, we are just idiots about different things at different times. Big corporations encourage idiocy to thrive. Adams is at his best when using humor to show up these weaknesses.
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Summary: Dull
Review: Fans of cartoonists shouldn't read their written work.
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Summary: The best guide for the corporate world
Review: If you're going into the corporate world and want to know what to expect, or you are already there and want to "get a second opinion" about your situation, this is the book for you. Highly recommended
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Summary: I changed my job after reading this!
Review: This book was worth every cent I spent on it. I changed jobs after reading this book, and realising that working for Australia's largest telecommunications company was mirroring every page of Adam's book, including every SINGLE one of the great management lies.
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