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

by Scott Adams
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Satirical take on corporate absurdities and culture.

Dive into "The Dilbert Principle" to unearth the laughable truth lurking in the cubicles of corporate offices. Scott Adams's piercing wit captures the idiosyncrasies of your workday, resonating with anyone who's felt the brunt of managerial mishaps. With sidesplitting cartoons alongside, this book serves as a humorous balm for the soul of the modern office worker.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions

by Scott Adams
RM33.00 MYR Now RM15.00 MYR Save 55%
ISBN: 9780752222875
Authors: Scott Adams
Publisher: Boxtree
Date of Publication: 1996-08-26
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Personal Development, Business
Related Topics: Leadership, Personal Development, Psychology, Self Help, Business, Communication, Productivity, Management
Goodreads rating: 3.87
(rated by 9935 readers)

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The creator of Dilbert, the fastest-growing comic strip in the nation (syndicated in nearly 1000 newspapers), takes a look at corporate America in all its glorious lunacy. Lavishly illustrated with Dilbert strips, these hilarious essays on incompetent bosses, management fads, bewildering technological changes and so much more, will make anyone who has ever worked in an office laugh out loud in recognition. The Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage -- management.Since 1989, Scott Adams has been illustrating this principle each day, lampooning the corporate world through Dilbert, his enormously popular comic strip. In Dilbert, the potato-shaped, abuse-absorbing hero of the strip, Adams has given voice to the millions of Americans buffeted by the many adversities of the workplace.Now he takes the next step, attacking corporate culture head-on in this lighthearted series of essays. Packed with more than 100 hilarious cartoons, these 25 chapters explore the zeitgeist of ever-changing management trends, overbearing egos, management incompetence, bottomless bureaucracies, petrifying performance reviews, three-hour meetings, the confusion of the information superhighway and more. With sharp eyes, and an even sharper wit, Adams exposes -- and skewers -- the bizarre absurdities of everyday corporate life. Readers will be convinced that he must be spying on their bosses, The Dilbert Principle rings so true!
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Satirical take on corporate absurdities and culture.

Dive into "The Dilbert Principle" to unearth the laughable truth lurking in the cubicles of corporate offices. Scott Adams's piercing wit captures the idiosyncrasies of your workday, resonating with anyone who's felt the brunt of managerial mishaps. With sidesplitting cartoons alongside, this book serves as a humorous balm for the soul of the modern office worker.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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