Management for Cannibals: How to Become Chief Eating Officer [Paperback]

Gaia Asher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 14, 2003

Admittedly, this book pushes the picture to the extremes. Here in the American corporate culture, we don't eat each other. We don't have shamans. Our CEOs don't eat too much out of the common pie, do they?If you are a wise person, you will find a lot of sound advice on how to be a successful manager. Then again, if you are wise, why would you want to be a manager in the first place?If you are smart and have a sense of humor, you will have fun, and the advice in this book will aid your success as well.If you don't have a sense of humor and you are not a manager, you will satisfy your grudge against them.And if you have no sense of humor and you are a manager Well, maybe you should not read this book. Just continue to do whatever you do, and let the rest of us have fun watching you.Disclaimer: If you choose to follow this book to build your management career, we strongly advise against following it literally.

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About the Author

Gaia and Ely Asher have almost 20 years of experience managing and being managed in the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, and Europe. They have worked in various industries, including academic, banking, control equipment, software development, IT, and consulting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: IUniverse (August 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595283802
• ISBN-13: 978-0595283804
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,537,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ironic, fun, and, unfortunately, true, October 20, 2003

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This review is from: Management for Cannibals: How to Become Chief Eating Officer (Paperback)

Did you ever wondered why your inept peer was given a promotion, while you do most of the job? It's a harsh world around, you have to do what you have to do. The problem is most of us don't know what they have to do. Did you really thought that doing most of the real job will do you any good? You were wrong! Your peer is not inept, he is just doing much more important job - his own survival. And this is also what your manager and manager of your manager do. This is why they are managers and you are an employee. Understanding this simple fact makes all the difference between eating and being eaten, between office cannibals and their food.

Other career and management books may advise you how to please your boss, but there is much more to survival and success than pleasing your manager. To start from, not any way to please your boss is good. You don't want to please him by being served at the tonight dinner, right? This book will help you to learn some important social survival skills. And if you'll put your will behind, it may guide you up through the ranks to help you one day to become the Chief Eating Officer of your tribe... pardon, company.