Dogberts Top Secret Management Handb..., Scott Adams
Dogberts Top Secret Management Handb..., Scott Adams
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Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook

Author: Scott Adams

Narrator: Scott Adams

Abridged: 1 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/22/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor


Synopsis

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 above!Every manager learns from the same source: Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook. This valuable management handbook teaches new managers how to transform themselves from bitter and bewildered ""little people"" into fully functioning, paradigm-spewing management zombies.In this indispensable guide, Dogbert reveals the many vital skills needed by managers in their daily lives, including:The power of verbal instructions-sound like a boss while maintaining complete deniability! Empty promises of promotion-enjoy all the motivational benefits with none of the costs! Pretending to care-learn to hear without listening! Company newsletter-communicate without the risk of conveying information! Competition-experience the joy of setting your people against one another! Decision making-be a leader without making any decisions! Incentives-inspire employees by giving them worthless knick-knacks!Remember: Leadership isn't something you're born with. It's something you learn by listening to Dogbert tapes.A world-class consultant and bestselling author, Dogbert has spent much of his life giving advice to gullible people with disposable incomes. His brain has many more crevices than yours, so you'd better do what he says.

About Scott Adams

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nandakishore on September 14, 2016

When I obtained my Chemical Engineering degree way back in 1985, I thought I would spend my working days in mathematical bliss, dealing with sexy entities such as partial differential equations and Laplace transforms (we geeks are like that). But alas! It was not to be ("The best laid plans of mice......more

Goodreads review by Joe on March 25, 2013

Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook is a cynical book about how to be a cynical manager as told through the voice of the ultimate cynic; Dogbert. Even the book itself is an exercise in cynicism; it's a collection of comics available in other Dilbert books, strung together by a series of sarcast......more

Goodreads review by Yoly on October 10, 2020

This book reminded me of many managers that I've met throughout my career that probably got their "management skills" from this book :D It was a fun read!......more

Goodreads review by Katrina on January 01, 2024

Still amazingly relatable for anyone who works in a corporate role. Dad......more

Goodreads review by Sue on December 07, 2013

My God, I swear this was the instruction manual for management used at my last job! You have NO idea! God only knows how I lasted 10 years there, but I had 8 supervisors in that time, if it tells you anything about what the place was like.......more