Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook

by Scott Adams

Book Overview

Why do all modern managers do the same bizarre things? Are these methods taught in business schools? Do managers learn by watching more experienced managers? Is it the result of mentoring? None of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887307884
• ISBN13: 9780887307881
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Harper Business
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Hilarious!

This is one of those books in which Scott Adams intersperses selected cartoons that at least marginally fit a specific subject with prose commentary on the subject. Some of these books have been notably less funny than his books which were simply collections of cartoons; his strength is as a cartoonist, not as a stand-up comedian. This book works, however, and his commentary in it is if anything funnier than his cartoons.

The ULTIMATE manager handbook!

As a former manager this book hits it right on the head! Although it's listed as a 'comedy' book, everything you read is exactly how it is in real life which makes it even more funny!We have Scott Adams years of experience in corporate America that helped him (and of course Dogbert) fine tune just how managers think...if that is even possible!The book is hilarious and you'll enjoy reading it as well as the comic strips that relate to each section of the book! A *must* have for any future manager or those who try in vain to understand them!

Hey it worked for me!

By following the simple principles outlined in this book, I rose from the mailroom to CEO in less time than it took me to read the book.

This book rivals anything Stephen King could imagine!

This book is like spending 40 hours a week in hell... which is where I used to work, as a matter of fact. I can't believe I used to sit in my cubicle with a headphone growing out of my ear, staring at blank walls we were not allowed to decorate, reading meaningless memos from our last "Quality Driven Leadership" meeting and wondering how my brainless boss could somehow manage to come up with an idea more idiotic than the last one. And then, to top it all off, I find out that Scott Adams spied on me, wrote a book and I'm not seeing a penny from the royalties! This is hell. Seriously, if you have ever been an incompetent manager -- or have suffered at the hands of one -- this book is a must-read. But be prepared to be horrified. It will be the story of your corporate life...and it's NOT a pretty tale!

It doesn't get any better than this!

Scott Adams is a genius, as we all know. What I didn't know is that he could best himself. After reading "The Dilbert Principle" and saying "Right on!" to myself a lot, then reading this book, I find even more enjoyment in Dogbert's handbook. Dogbert is more brutally to the point without frills and direct than much of what was in "The DIlbert Principle." TDP is too serious. DTSMH is a more comfortable read. I love the parts about motivating employees and how management continually seeks to avoid compensating employees and providing empty rewards and trying to make them appear great and sought after. How true! How long do they think a donkey will chase a cardboard carrot anyway?? My only criticism of both books is the repetition of strips within each book. I'll be the first to admit my greed in wanting as much Dilbert as possible