What will you learn from this book
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Embrace Ineffectiveness: Mocks the inefficiency of certain management practices, suggesting that some methods might be intentionally ineffective or counterproductive.
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Dilbertian Realities: Reflects the absurdities of corporate life and the often-bizarre situations managers and employees encounter in the workplace.
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Leadership Spoofs: Exaggerates different leadership archetypes, highlighting the flaws and contradictions of various management styles.
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Office Politics Parodied: Satirizes office politics, showcasing the superficiality, pettiness, and self-serving nature of certain workplace interactions.
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Absurd Strategies: Presents ludicrous and impractical strategies for managing employees, often emphasizing absurdity over practicality.
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Humor as Coping Mechanism: Suggests that humor can serve as a coping mechanism in dealing with the challenges and irrationalities of the corporate world.
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Critical Reflection: Encourages critical thinking by employing humor to highlight the incongruities and paradoxes within management paradigms.
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Sarcasm in Management Advice: Uses sarcasm and irony to deliver "advice" that is intentionally exaggerated or contradictory, aiming for comedic effect rather than practicality.
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Entertainment Value: Primarily seeks to entertain readers through satire, absurd scenarios, and comical portrayals of workplace dynamics.
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Underlying Truths: Despite its exaggerated nature, the book might subtly convey some underlying truths about management and corporate culture, encouraging readers to reflect on certain realities of the workplace in a lighthearted manner.
| Language | English |
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| ISBN-10 | 0-7522-1148-X |
| ISBN-13 | 9780887308819 |
| No of pages | 162 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Harper Collins Publishers |
| Published Date | 21 Oct 1997 |
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ehind the closed doors of corporate management lurks a manifesto so devious, so insidious, and of such diabolic power, it has the ability to transform normal human beings into paradigm–spewing zombies. Its purpose: to help bosses stick it to their employees. Its author: none other than Dogbert, the canine corporate consultant out to rule the world.
All too often, new managers make mistakes such as rewarding good work with good pay, communicating clearly and improving departmental efficiency. Dogbert shows that this could have devastating consequences: Employees begin to expect fair treatment and compensation, productive workers show results (making managers look bad by comparison), and the department's future budget allotment could be decreased because it spends only what it needs.
Drawing from his years of experience tormenting Dilbert and advising his boss, our Machiavellian mutt uses pithy essays, illustrated by scores of comic strips, to teach neophyte managers such potent practices as:
The power of verbal instructions: Sound like a boss while maintaining complete deniability!
Empty promises of promotion: all the motivational benefits, none of the costs!
Pretending to care: Learn how to hear without listening!
Incentives: Inspire employees by giving them worthless knickknacks!
Once again firmly establishing Scott Adams as the spokesman for the absurdities of the workplace (and Dogbert as the guru of sticking it to the masses), Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook is the perfect gift for all cubicle dwellers and their bosses.