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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book was a nice read for me since I'm recently back in the corporate world. It's amusing with practical advice for office workers mixed into the humor and sarcasm. I've learned a few things, I admit. And it makes me thankful I don't work for a huge company, when I see what some employees have to tolerate. (  ) amwmsw04 | May 31, 2008 |  Describes life at many office jobs . . . or any job at which one's boss is a pointy-haired moron. Good for cynical laughs. (  ) June6Bug | Feb 27, 2008 | Amusing & silly. At the end he talks about how things could be better. He talks about all the typical management stuff. franoscar | Jan 2, 2008 | Scott Adams is one of my favorite humorists. His incisive, perceptive observations skewer the world of corporate America and beyond. He manages to accomplish this without being too abrasive or mean - no small feat, there. By holding up the mirror to the foibles that plague the business world, Adams offers some means of improvement. ( ) AlexTheHunn | Aug 29, 2007 | Thank you, God, that I don't work in a cubicle. ( ) nevusmom | Jun 7, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0887307876, Hardcover)You loved the comic strip; now read the business advice.Or should that be anti-business advice? Scott Adams provides the hapless victim of re-engineering, rightsizing and Total Quality Management some strategies for fighting back, er, coping. Forced to work long hours, with no hope of a raise? Adams offers tips on maintaining parity in compensation. Along the way, Adams explains what ISO 9000 really is and assesses the irresistibility of female engineers. The breath-taking cynicism of the strip should prepare readers for the author's no-holds-barred attack on management fads, large organizations, pointless bureaucracy and sadistic rule-makers who glory in control of office supplies. Readers of the on-line Dilbert Newsletter are familiar with the kind of e-mail Adams receives from his readers -- and may even have sent a few of those missives themselves. Along with illustrative strips, e-mail messages provide excruciating examples of corporate behavior which compel the reader to agree with Adams when he insists that "People are idiots". The final chapter offers a model for would-be successful businesses to follow: the OA5 model. It's introduced with little fanfare, no outrageous promises and just the right amount of self-deprecation. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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