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Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook

by Scott Adams
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Managers, learn to rule with Dogbert's handbook.

Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook could be a good read for new managers or those seeking to improve their managerial skills. The book is unique in that it offers a satirical approach to traditional management practices and teaches managers how to be manipulative and deceitful towards their employees. It is most effective for readers who are open to unconventional ideas and are looking to improve their management style by thinking outside the box.

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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Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook

by Scott Adams
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Compare to estimated retail price: S$39.91  

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ISBN: 9780887308819
Authors: Scott Adams
Publisher: Harper Business
Date of Publication: 1997-10-21
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Graphic Novels/Comics/Manga
Related Topics: Graphic Novels, Comics
Goodreads rating: 3.83
(rated by 1250 readers)

Description

Behind 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 to help bosses stick it to their employees. Its 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 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 The power of verbal Sound like a boss while maintaining complete deniability! Empty promises of all the motivational benefits, none of the costs! Pretending to Learn how to hear without listening! 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.
 

Managers, learn to rule with Dogbert's handbook.

Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook could be a good read for new managers or those seeking to improve their managerial skills. The book is unique in that it offers a satirical approach to traditional management practices and teaches managers how to be manipulative and deceitful towards their employees. It is most effective for readers who are open to unconventional ideas and are looking to improve their management style by thinking outside the box.

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.