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The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions Paperback – April 24, 1997

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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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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!

About the Author

Scott Adams is the creator of Dilbert, the comic strip that now appears in 1,550 newspapers worldwide. His first two hardcover business books, The Dilbert Principle and Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook, have sold more than two million copies and have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for a combined total of sixty weeks.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Business; Reprint edition (April 24, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0887308589
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0887308581
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 0.88 x 8.13 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #528,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #4,467 in Business Management (Books)

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Customers find the humor in the book insightful, hilarious, and true. They also say it's an astounding work of logic and comedy.

"Absolutely hilarious, a must read!I purchased this book immediately after Scott Adams came out as a right-winger recently...." Read more

"...It's a little "wordy," but still funny! It's maybe geared toward the older crowd, as some references are a little older. :)" Read more

"Really funny. These observations are good for the crazy rules in school systems also. What's not funny is that it is often painfully true." Read more

"...they have blocked any future publication of this astounding work of logic and comedy." Read more

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"This book is great and I've bought a copy for all my subordinates, and even gave one to my superior...." Read more

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"...Great reading for a few pages while you are sitting in the bathroom, know what I mean? Scott is a very smart and very funny guy." Read more

"This is the best book I've read on what happens because of bureaucracy, distrust, and several other maladies of companies...." Read more

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Customers find the book timeless and applicable today. They also appreciate the great old views from Adam's perspective.

"Great old views from Adam's perspective. Although old, they never get "old"" Read more

"Modern classic - very funny, too. Anyone who has ever worked in any sort of corporate IT shop knows all these characters" Read more

"...Published in 1996 but absolutely timeless and just as applicable today as ever; probably always will be." Read more

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"Oh, dear god, this is funny and accurate. I enjoy this book as much as, if not much more than, the official management books I have read...." Read more

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Customers find the book insightful, hilarious, and informative. They say it provides basic strategies for thriving in difficult situations.

"...This book also gives you some basic strategies in thriving in such situations, using the author's comic strips to illustrate the points...." Read more

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Jake

Absolutely hilarious!

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023

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Absolutely hilarious, a must read!

I purchased this book immediately after Scott Adams came out as a right-winger recently. Was vaguely aware of the Dilbert comics but did not read them regularly or anything. This book is an excellent collection of his (early) Dilbert comics plus original material.

You won't regret buying this book.

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butterfly34

Funny book! Worth to read

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2023

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If you ever wanted a good laugh about corporate organization and behavior, I recommend the book.

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Stephen Jacob

Gift for my son . He really likes this comic

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024

Great gift.

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024

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Gave this to a co-worker and they love it. It's a little "wordy," but still funny! It's maybe geared toward the older crowd, as some references are a little older. :)

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Depressingly hilarious

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2023

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Bleak yet hilarious analysis of how jobs work. The worst employees get the most perks. Inefficiency is the rule, not the exception. Dogbert is pure evil.

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Hysterical in Places!

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2023

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Really funny. These observations are good for the crazy rules in school systems also. What's not funny is that it is often painfully true.

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Aaron Miaullis

Scott Adams BEST BOOK EVER!!! GET IT BEFORE IT'S GONE!!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2016

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This book is great and I've bought a copy for all my subordinates, and even gave one to my superior. The only complaint is that this book is not on the Kindle or NOOK. My pet theory is that Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple and every other company that is doing well is using Scott Adams OA5 concept, and therefore they have blocked any future publication of this astounding work of logic and comedy.

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Rick D.

Hysterically Funny

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2008

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I am not a big reader, but I read the excerpt for this book online one day (of course during a bad day at work), and couldn't stop laughing. I ordered it that night and read the whole book in less than 2 days. As I said, I am not a big reader (I work in IT ... I read specs and they're usually wrong), but I couldn't put it down. Adams makes light of every folly in corporate America .... incentive plans, HR, consultants, management, scorecards/reviews, peers, the art of slacking off and looking busy ........ if you don't like this book, you do not work in corporate America.

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