The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions

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Summary: Funniest Book of all Time!
Review: The Dilbert Principle is one of the best books I have ever read. Ranging from cubicles to business plans, Scott Adams covers it all in a histerical, and illistrated way!

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Summary: Brings You Down TO Mother Earth
Review: 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 of life!!!!

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Summary: Painfully funny; true underground guide to corporate America
Review: Scott Adams's book is painfully funny. The characters, the settings, the attitudes described in the book are all real and reflect what truly happens in corporate America. Adams's writing and cartoons probe into almost every facet of corporate life from idiotic management fads(re-engineering, downsizing, quality teams) to ordinary episodes involving idiotic middle managers. Be warned though; he may be talking about you and your life and that is where the laughter turns into painful introspection

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Summary: Corporate life, a view from below
Review: Cartoons of this artist can be found on cubicles and in office kitchens around the world. His views on general office situations ("The accepted rules of hallway etiquette cover only the first two times you run into the same person the same day") marketing fantasies (ant milk) and incompetent management (will his boss ever find out his portable PC is really an etch-a-sketch ?) are so sharp and familiar that you know he's been there (he has: he has been a cubicle inhabitant for Pacific Bell for nine years).
Although the text in this book often doesn't always add a lot to the cartoons, it is a great, ordered collection of the best of his work so far.

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Summary: Great perception
Review: This book showed a great idea of what Work is toda

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Summary: Not much help in keeping me awake while driving to work!
Review: The audio cassette is ho-hum at best, so I guess I should not really complain that it is so short ... < 1 hr. Scott Adams' speaking style is uninteresting and unstimulating. I had hoped for some of his cartoon humor and style to get through. Not a chance! The first half (side) seemed more of an attempt to justify this forey into book writing & only the second half (side) got down to the subject matter. While I agree with some of Adam's criticisms of modern-day save-your-business rituals, he seemed to discount each really insightful and on-target point with silly attempts at humor that weren't funny enough to be effective. The tape is definitely NOT RECOMMENDED. The book??? I'll wait and borrow the hard copy from a fellow lemming.

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Summary: A funny explanation of the workplace.
Review: This is one of the funniest books I have ever read. It combines all the aspects of a serious management book with hilarious jokes and occasional cartoons. If you like Dilbert, read this book

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Summary: This has turned into an industry
Review: I think the first Dilbert book is fine, but now that you search Amazon and find 42 titles by Scott Adams you realize he has turned an initially good idea into an industry -- he will probably start sellilng Dilbert mountain bikes next

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Summary: Wisdom disguise throughout this book!
Review: At first, I bought this book only because its cartoon drawing and I like humor a lot. Yes, indeed it contains a good humor material and made me laugh. However, for several chapters I found a very similar resemblance with actual situation in my office, especially chapter about "Employee strategies", "Performance reviews" and "Engineers.." ( I am an engineer, that's why I knew that Scott's view of this area is accurate). Then I realized that this book not only offers funny cartoon drawing and naughty advices, but also good advices! The secret is, you have to know which advices you could use and which you shouldn't. You can determine that with a combination of your office situation analysis, your IQ level, whether your boss also has this book or not, and ...luck! In short, this book is recommended

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Summary: Way too true!
Review: This book was all too true. Each chapter is a sarcastic and very accurate look at office politics, antics, trends, fads, useless people, etc