The Dilbert Principle：Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads, and Other Workplace Afflictions

Thecreatorof"Dilbert，"thefastest-growingcomicstripinthenation(syndicatedinnearly1000newspapers)，takesalookatcorporateAmericainallitsgloriouslunacy.Lavishlyillustratedwith"Dilbert"strips，thesehilariousessaysonincompetentbosses，managementfads，bewilderingtechnologicalchangesandsomuchmore，willmakeanyonewhohaseverworkedinanofficelaughoutloudinrecognition.TheDilbertPrinciple:Themostineffectiveworkerswillbesystematicallymovedtotheplacewheretheycandotheleastdamage--management.Since1989，ScottAdamshasbeenillustratingthisprincipleeachday，lampooningthecorporateworldthrough"Dilbert，"hisenormouslypopularcomicstrip.InDilbert，thepotato-shaped，abuse-absorbingheroofthestrip，AdamshasgivenvoicetothemillionsofAmericansbuffetedbythemanyadversitiesoftheworkplace.Nowhetakesthenextstep，attackingcorporateculturehead-oninthislightheartedseriesofessays.Packedwithmorethan100hilariouscartoons，these25chaptersexplorethezeitgeistofever-changingmanagementtrends，overbearingegos，managementincompetence，bottomlessbureaucracies，petrifyingperformancereviews，three-hourmeetings，theconfusionoftheinformationsuperhighwayandmore.Withsharpeyes，andanevensharperwit，Adamsexposes--andskewers--thebizarreabsurditiesofeverydaycorporatelife.Readerswillbeconvincedthathemustbespyingontheirbosses，"TheDilbertPrinciple"ringssotrue!