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

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Summary: A business classic that gives insight missed by Tom Peters.
Review: This is the must-read business book of the year. The book is a definitive look at the reality of corporations from the inside

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Summary: When life at the office is getting YOU down, read this.
Review: Excellent book for employees and bosses - there may even be some real (scary) wisdom between the cartoons. On days that life in the office is getting you down, or if you ever fear you're taking life in the office too seriously, this book is a sure antidote. And, laughter is after all, the best medicine.

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Summary: This book is hilarious!
Review: This is a must read book. If you like reading comics, this book is for you. I couldn't stop laughing with this book. I would of given it a ten, but I didn't get all of the jokes. If you read only one buisness book, make it this one!

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Summary: Look out corporate bosses! Scott Adams sends zingers.
Review: Having followed Dilbert and especially Dogbert with complete devotion for several years now, I was itching to get my hands on this latest "serious" book by Scott Adams. I participated in the Dilbert Principle On-Line Trivia Contest and became a finalist...still waiting to hear who won! This, I believe, qualifies me to say that I have read the book from cover to cover and back again. The actual e-mail that Adams has received from readers about their work situation (ie corporate culture) and dumb things done by "superiors" is priceless. Adams has a flair for understanding the world of work from the end user perspective. There are numerous classic Dilbert strips as well. Some of the chapters are a bit too long and drawn out, but overall this is an amusing book. I recommend giving it anonymously to your boss for Christmas. You know you'll just be recipient of yet another fruitcake! Besides, the Dilbert Web site is a riot! DNRC Members: this is a must-read!

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Summary: Hilarious, You'll say "Hey, I been there" all the time!!
Review: I recently started into the work force as a full time employee. Many times as I was turning through the pages I would find myself recognizing and laughing at Scott Adams hilarious acentdotes about life in the work force. A must read for those who need a good laugh at their work

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Summary: A brilliantly hilarious exposition of business world foibles
Review: This book will delight anyone who has ever been involved with the corporate world. The author deftly exposes the absurdities that occur daily in the business community. Seemingly exaggerated, they still have the ring of truth.

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Summary: Management exposed!
Review: Not since the discovery of Parkinson's Law and the formulation of The Peter Principle has there been anything quite as poignant and timely as the conception of The Dilbert Principle. "The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage - MANAGEMENT." That's the essence and message of The Dilbert Principle. With over 250,000 copies in print and a meteoric rise to No. 1 on Business Weeks's hardcover business books best-seller list, this revenge of the cubicle dwellers is a mix of cartoon strips and Scott Adams' succinct observations describing ridiculous company policies and dysfunctional management practices. Not surprisingly, the message is coming in loud and clear in high places. Reengineering guru Michael Hammer has jumped on the Dilbert bandwagon by suggesting that "there is more truth in one volume of Dilbert than there is in 10 volumes of Harvard Business School case studies." Dilbert pokes fun at organizations where nothing ever really changes except the business buzzwords and corporate slogans. Perhaps that's the secret of the strip's success, both in the U.S. and abroad. "Everybody thinks Dilbert is making fun of somebody else's situation," suggests Adams, an ex-Pacific Bell cubicle dweller for the past nine years until he was "downsized" recently when his department came under new management. Is "bitter irony" the right phrase? Or perhaps the "system getting even?" In the book's introduction, under the heading "The Evolution of Idiots", Adams expounds: Theory of Evolution (Summary) First, there were some amoebas. Deviant amoebas adapted better to the environment, thus becoming monkeys. Then came Total Quality Management. I'm leaving out some detail, but the theory itself also has a few holes that are best left unquestioned. By Bruno Lewandowski, Editor and Publisher of World Aero-Engine Review (WAER), a monthly jet engine newsletter

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Summary: If you read one business book this year, read this.
Review: Uncannily accurate and devastatingly funny. You'll want to xerox every second cartoon and send it to somebody in your company.

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Summary: The most insightful and honest business book I've read.
Review: It is amazing (and embarrassing) how often I saw myself and my co-workers described in this book. The cartoons are excellent as usual. I didn't give this book a 10 because some of the filler was very inane. I was often tempted to skip over the text just to read (and re-read) the cartoons. This book must be in your business library. It says some things about the way we manage (and are managed) in the business setting that cut right to the quick of our personalties. I couldn't read this book at work because it was too laugh out loud funny

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Summary: Sometimes laughter is the only thing that keeps you alive!
Review: If you've got a job ... If you've got a boss ... If you've got co-workers ... You've gotta have Dilbert!!! The insanity that is corporate America (or even sub-corporate America) would kill us all if it weren't for those inevitable bits of subsersive commentary that hit home, circulate covertly, and end up taped to the wall over the water cooler or copying machine. If you're working in a cool office, the wallpaper is pure Dilbert. If you're not - grab this book and help your workplace evolve. Your colleagues will thank you