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Summary: It all makes sense now
Review: After spending the last year and a half working at four very
different jobs for four very different "in-duh-viduals," this
book somehow managed to clarify exactly what is going on in
a boss's mind. All those seemingly random last-minute
decisions, all those bizarre comments about synergies and
employee empowerment, it's all a plot by stupid bosses everywhere. Read the book, yes. Understand what motivates
evil bosses everywhere, perhaps. Try to emulate, I think not.
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Summary: Seen lot of this elsewhere
Review: Although a great fan of Scott Adams & dilbert, I have seen too much of this in the daily papers & "the dilbert principle" - a much better book
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Summary: A must-read for corporate droids.
Review: Anyone who has ever worked in a company with more than 2 employees will find this book hilariously funny. And, if you are unfortunate enough to be in management, you'll spend a lot of your time saying "I don't do that" or "I do that but I don't mean to"
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Summary: Great book for anyone who knows the office hell
Review: As a former manager this book hits it right on the head! Although it's listed as a 'comedy' book, everything you read is exactly how it is in real life which makes it even more funny!We have Scott Adams years of experience in corporate America that helped him (and of course Dogbert) fine tune just how managers think...if that is even possible! The book is hilarious and you'll enjoy reading it as well as the comic strips that relate to each section of the book! A *must* have for any future manager or those who try in vain to understand them!
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Summary: The ULTIMATE manager handbook!
Review: As a former manager this book hits it right on the head! Although it's listed as a 'comedy' book, everything you read is exactly how it is in real life which makes it even more funny! We have Scott Adams years of experience in corporate America that helped him (and of course Dogbert) fine tune just how managers think...if that is even possible! The book is hilarious and you'll enjoy reading it as well as the comic strips that relate to each section of the book! A *must* have for any future manager or those who try in vain to understand them!
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Summary: LOL
Review: As luck would have it, I was reading Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook when an old friend showed up at my door with a sad tale. Rich was an IT guy at a bank in Florida that had gone through five buy-outs.
"I always survived before," he said. "So, I didn't think anything of it this time."
He did not survive this one. He told me how he was doing 90% of the work. The boss was a goof-off, who played a lot of golf, and there was a pretty new hire who really did not know how to program, but she had a great smile. Rich was a good team player-filling in for her deficits and doing most of the boss's work as well. So of course, the guy doing 90% of the work was the one who got sacked.
I even surprised myself when I found myself saying, "You have got to read this book," pointing to Scott Adams' cartoon book. Yes, Scott Adams may be a cartoonist, but he is also a highly accurate chronicler of corporate culture.
Since I am not a manger, I really don't know what possessed me to read this book, which I did despite Dogbert's "WARNING-- IF YOU ARE NOT A MANAGER PUT THIS BOOK DOWN RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE THINGS YOU'RE BETTER OFF NOT KNOWING."
So as a non-manager I am what Dogbert calls "a curious little wanker." Rich, who is now thinking of starting his own company, was about to benefit by my being such a nosey parker. I told him, "Everything you are going through is in here!"
What really endeared me to this book was the use of similes, which are peppered throughout, such as:
"If you hear a new management buzzword, jump on it like a starving squirrel on the last peanut on earth."
And:
"Working in a cubicle has made my ego shrivel like a raisin on an Egyptian sidewalk."
The faulty logic is priceless, such as in this example:
"Doctors are satisfied workers; doctors work long hours-increasing your employees' workload will make them as happy as doctors."
There is an absolutely hysterical send-up of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, and a chart of companies combining their synergies that will have you howling on the floor.
Now, if only Scott Adams could get the highly secretive Catbert to spill his guts for an entire book-wow, stop the presses!
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Summary: Hey it worked for me!
Review: By following the simple principles outlined in this book, I rose from the mailroom to CEO in less time than it took me to read the book.
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Summary: The downward spiral continues (More Management for Dummies)
Review: Dogbert relates how to become the perfect incompetent manager. Similar to the Dilbert Principle where the incompetent manager is described. Not nearly as funny or fresh as the Dilbert Principle, which in turn pales in comparison to the comics. More stupid {management policies}/managers interspersed with some genuinely funny strips. Fairly short, and really, not worth the money. This is a disturbing trend for a deservedly popular comic strip, and I shudder to think of the next in this line of pseudo-novels (Catbert's Guide to HR, Ratbert's Guide to Incompetence?). An impassioned plea to Scott Adams: stick to comics and the DNRC newsletter, long spates of writing aren't your forte. Not recommended
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Summary: A very profound book indeed.
Review: Every thing needs to be managed these days, be it business or one's life. This book clearly shows how to do it and do it right. An invaluable companion for the functional or the disfunctional
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Summary: Great book for anyone who knows the office hell
Review: I had big problems with stop laughing when reading this book. It's really funny, and i mean REALLY funny. A laugh riot for the office slave... and everybody else.
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