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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 off..more
Published April 24th 1997 by HarperBusiness (first published April 18th 1996)
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Feb 22, 2012
Riku Sayuj rated it
really liked it Shelves: r-r-rs, mba-stuff
The Dilbert Principle: A Q & A
This is not really a review. It is more of a collection of notes I made from the book while I got some respite from laughing my head off or scratching my head at the thought that some of this sarcasm is slung at me too.
To those of you who are unfortunate enough to be 'bosses', I would suggest that you give this book a miss: You might end up in chronic depression.
To get into the nuances of the book, here is a Q&A with my notes from the book and a few Dilber..more
Nov 13, 2011Nandakishore Varma rated it really liked it
I have worked in Engineering Consultancy organisations since 1993. Now I will let Dilbert speak for me.
And finally, with apologies to the memory of Dian Fossey.
Feb 18, 2012
Jan-Maat added it
Shelves: 20th-century, business-management-pm, humour, usa
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe that the world of business is rational and those who have experience of it.
Or as Scott Adams puts it in the first chapter of this loose collection of comic strips and emails from people about their jobs 'No matter how absurd I try to make the comic strip I can't stay ahead of what people are experiencing in their own workplaces.'
The downside of this book is that the emails would be funnier if they weren't true.
Apr 13, 2017Shadowdenizen rated it really liked it
I never appreciated Dilbert until I actually got a 'cubicle' job..
Apr 21, 2014Preston Kutney rated it it was amazing
Clever satire of corporate office culture. I think we are in the decline of the 'Office Space' era, and I don't really harbor any resentment towards my own corporation (though I do sit in a drab cubicle) but this remains a must-read for any disaffected employee of a large company. I had more than a few hearty laughs here.
Comic strip artist, Scott Adams, took his strip to another level by introducing some of his strips to a 336 page book that also has in it Adams' various sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek observations about the white collar work force and corporate America. The 'another level' I mentioned is not necessarily a good level as many of the author's jokes fall flat and even the cartoons are a little on the lame side of the laugh-o-meter. The reader also has to remember the book is a bit antiquated and prob..more
I read this book when I first started working. I've been cynical since and try to see through all the workplace madness right away. This book is incredibly funny and, I must say, every bit true. If you're slogging away in a cubicle, don't feel bad. This book will make you feel better. Know that you are not alone!
Jan 09, 2018☘Misericordia☘ ~ The Serendipity Aegis ~ ⚡ϟ⚡ϟ⚡⛈ ✺❂❤❣ rated it it was amazing
Horribly too true! The folly of offices! Can't finish it, though!
Jul 06, 2019Carol rated it really liked it · review of another edition
If you've worked for a company, for any period of time, chances are you'll be able to identify a lot of these funny situations and people. Because we have all worked for a crazy boss one, we've all been in a cubicle at least once, and we've all seen Quality Teams at least once in companies. I know I have, and boy, are they the same as in Dilbert.
I mean, thank goodness, I've never had everything happening all at once. Is either just one or two that stand out more than others. Still, when you got..more
From about 2002-2007, I believe the Daily Show gave the most hard hitting and reliable news on TV. The reason was because the mainstream media was afraid to go against the zeitgeist of the patriotic anti-terror hawkish government policies. The Daily Show, being a humor show, could say whatever the heck it felt like safe behind the armor of freedom of expression and comedy. So, John Stewart poked holes in ridiculous policy, and was one of the few places with reasonable analysis of global affairs...more
Aug 11, 2007
Rob rated it
liked itRecommends it for: jaded tech and/or office workers
I got into the Dilbert comics sometime during high school. I was working part-time in the head office of a construction company, alphabetizing invoices and de-stapling paperwork. Gimpy stuff. 'Office bitch' type stuff. The hours and pay were good though and my boss looked almost exactly like the Dilbert Boss -- but with a mustache and without being an idiot. Just the same, everyday's three panel strip clearly illustrated some incident that had recently occurred.
This book was given to me somewher..more
Sep 26, 2016Lora rated it liked it
Dilbert was a favorite of my late husband, and I read this book in small portions over the course of a year. It brought me back to my days in the work force, for example United Way campaigns, downsizing and leaders that compare employees making mistakes with doctors dropping babies on their heads (employees at the insurance company I worked for actually got a memo from upper management on that!).
The book includes both cartoons, text and real-life anecdotes that readers sent Scott Adams. Adams i..more
May 28, 2013John rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Writing comedic prose is tough. Even professional comedians fail at it most of the time. And I would imagine that writing comic strips is even tougher, based on the fact that DILBERT, THE FAR SIDE and CALVIN AND HOBBES are the only good ones that immediately spring to mind. In THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE, Scott Adams succeeds admirably at both. Yes, the DILBERT comic strips are funnier than his prose--but not by so great a margin as you'd naturally expect. Adams obviously put a lot of thought into thi..more
Feb 12, 2011
Ed rated it
really liked it · review of another edition
Recommends it for: Anyone who's been an employee and has a sense of humor.
This is the second time I've read this book. The first time, I went through it very fast. This time I savored its wisdom.
Anyone who has ever worked in a corporation will relate to both the essays and the unforgettable cartoons. I particularly enjoy Dogbert, the heartless H.R. manager. Having worked in H.R. for a number of years, I have stories similar to Adams' comic strips.
The hypocrisy of a great percentage of managers is illuminated in the chapter on 'Great Lies of Management'. I'm sure most..more
Jan 14, 2015Felicia rated it really liked it
'When companies try to encourage creativity it's like a bear dancing with an ant. Sooner or later the ant will realize it's a bad idea, although the bear may not.'
As usual, Scott Adams is spot on about business life. It's bizarre that this book is almost 20 years old and the same old management fads, catch phrases and general b.s. are still in play today. It's amazing that any businesses manage to be successful.
Mar 29, 2019Jorge Rosas rated it liked it · review of another edition
Fun and with a lot of sarcasm regarding the office life, managers and engineering, it is a real representation on what many managers and decision makers do instead of what they’re supposed to be doing, the self interest drives them to take annoying and catastrophic decisions. Also, it has good collection of comics that makes it even more enjoyable.
Mar 19, 2018Tom Schulte rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I pulled this off the shelf thinking it was merely a compendium of Dilbert cartoons. It is a much more involved exegesis of the The Dilbert Principle in action and the apathy and rage when 'companies tend to systematically promote their least competent employees to management (generally middle management), to limit the amount of damage they are capable of doing.' Bolstered by anonymized emails from the field, it is at times as saddening and painful as it is funny. This stuff is all too true. Unf..more
Whenever I read the comics I make sure that I read Dilbert. It is the funniest and most observant comic strip published today. Dilbert's creator and author of this book is clearly a smart guy. His many years in the business sector has lent him a particular acumen for pointing out ridiculous things that happen in office settings. He continues that trend of witty humor in 'The Dilbert Principle'. I enjoyed reading this book. It's thesis is that 'We are all idiots' which is true. At one point or an..more
I listened to the book. The last chapter was good. The rest, not so much.
Brilliant and still so apt. A must read even if it is just to broaden one's education/view on life. A business classic really, even taken up by the BBC's 'In Business' programme.
Feb 07, 2019Omar El-mohri rated it it was amazing
Really funny approach to explaining how office work, things that usually ignore or don’t notice
Jul 30, 2014بسام عبد العزيز rated it it was amazing
Pretty hilarious! i couldn't erase the smile on my face during reading such a hilarious book. even sometimes i burst into laughter and people around me was wandering whether i'm crazy or something!
the book contains the management deficiencies that scott has experienced himself during his career as an employee in big companies.
even though it may seem exaggerated sometimes for some people but for people working in the engineering field it'll definitely be their 'day-to-day' routine! so if you'r..more
Funny exaggeration of the corporate life. I liked the chapter about Marketing. One thing is clear, the author really hates cubicles.
Dec 25, 2009
Mary JL rated it
liked itRecommends it for: Anyone who works or will work in a large company
I really enjoyed this book. It is non-fiction, although Scott Adams uses some of his comic strips to make a point.
He points out all the pointless, timewasting bureaucratic hassles that affects most large businesses--and many small ones.
For those who have ever worked in any office, the problems Adams focusses on are all too familiar.
Ever had a big company 'slogan'? It's like a high school pep rally. You see the slogan in e-mails, on wall posters, they pass out T-shirts or mugs with the new slogan..more
The greatest American tragedy masked as a cartoon. It's sad b/c it's true, and that's devastating.
If you like the Dilbert comics, you'll like this book as well. It gives an ironic description of corporate life, peppered with Dilbert strips and real-life examples (through e-mails that Adams keeps receiving from his readers).
On the plus side:
+ Witty and easily digestible short chunks
+ Related Dilbert strips for every topic
+ Scott Adams' own experience/stories from the trenches
+ Final chapter on how Adams thinks management should be done
On the minus side:
- Style gets repetitive, esp. when you r..more
Mar 11, 2012Alan Chen rated it it was ok
An agonizing chore to traverse its 320+ pages. I've always been amused by the Dilbert comic strip, but for some reason this book just isn't funny to me. As a satirical guide to management, I suppose it would be funnier if I were actually a manager. Instead, this book just feels sloppy and uneven. Multiple strips are repeated in different sections, each chapter varies wildly in length from 3 pages to 30+ blocks, and the jokes mostly just fall flat. There is no flow, just an endless series of anec..more
Jan 21, 2012Nathan rated it did not like it
Tedious. Very tedious The text gives nothing helpful and is repetitive, if not outright negative. Dark humour's available in the comic strips but stretching it out in a textual form is pushing it.
I found myself laughing at more of those strips than the text, which adopts a very mightier-than-thou position by means of contrast and inside/outside. Humour works that way.
Authors try to group themselves together with readers to laugh at an external group (in this book it is the suit who is not in t..more
A fun read. It gives you a humorous perspective of your job. Many a time you will go like, 'hey! that happened to me.' But if you are a serious reader and think that Scott is taking a too negative view of a job, then you can just read the last chapter. It has some advice to make a work environment actually better. Should we take that advice? Well, I don't know. I would advise not to take advice from a cartoonist.
I have not seen another good book like this which explains the pitiable nature of the corporate environment in such a satirical manner. You will not be able to deny most of the facts mentioned in this book. Scott Adams not only mocks at the corporate culture but also ends with a well defined model on how a company should be..
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Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957 and received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hartwick College in 1979.
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The Dilbert principle is a concept in management developed by Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, which states that companies tend to systematically promote incompetent employees to management to get them out of the workflow. The Dilbert principle is inspired by the Peter principle, which holds that employees are promoted based on success in their current position until they reach their 'level of incompetence' and are no longer promoted. Under the Dilbert principle, employees who were never competent are promoted to management to limit the damage they can do. Adams first explained the principle in a 1995 Wall Street Journal article, and expanded upon it in his 1996 business book The Dilbert Principle.
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Definition[edit]
In the Dilbert strip of February 5, 1995, Dogbert says that 'leadership is nature's way of removing morons from the productive flow'. Adams himself explained,[1]
I wrote The Dilbert Principle around the concept that in many cases the least competent, least smart people are promoted, simply because they’re the ones you don't want doing actual work. You want them ordering the doughnuts and yelling at people for not doing their assignments—you know, the easy work. Your heart surgeons and your computer programmers—your smart people—aren't in management. That principle was literally happening everywhere.
Adams explained the principle in a 1995 Wall Street Journal article.[2] Adams then expanded his study of the Dilbert principle in his 1996 book The Dilbert Principle, which is required or recommended reading at some management and business programs.[3][4][5][6] In the book, Adams writes that, in terms of effectiveness, use of the Dilbert principle is akin to a band of gorillas choosing an alpha-squirrel to lead them. The book has sold more than a million copies and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 43 weeks.
Adams' presentation of the principle is satirical—facetious but also addressing a real-world concern.
Comparative principles[edit]
The Dilbert principle is comparable to the Peter principle. As opposed to the Dilbert principle, the Peter principle assumes that people are promoted because they are competent, and that the tasks higher up in the hierarchy require skills or talents they do not possess. It concludes that due to this, a competent employee will eventually be promoted to, and then remain at, a position at which he or she is incompetent. In his book, The Peter Principle, Laurence J. Peter explains 'percussive sublimation', the act of kicking a person upstairs (i.e., promoting him to management) to get him out of the way of productive employees.
The Peter Principle
Torrent alison moyet discography torrent. The Dilbert principle, by contrast, assumes that hierarchy just serves as a means for removing the incompetent to 'higher' positions where they will be unable to cause damage to the workflow, assuming that the upper echelons of an organization have little relevance to its actual production, and that the majority of real, productive work in a company is done by people lower in the power ladder. Unlike the Peter principle, the promoted individuals were not particularly good at any job they previously held, so placing them in a supervisory position is a way to quietly remove them from the workforce without actually firing them, rather than a reward for meritorious service. An earlier formulation of this effect was known as Putt's Law.
See also[edit]
The Dilbert Principle Online
- Negative selection (politics) – Aversion to the success of one's subordinates
References[edit]
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- ^'Funny Business'(PDF). BizEd. November–December 2002. Archived from the original(PDF) on February 6, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^Adams, Scott. 'Manager's journal: The Dilbert principle.' Wall Street Journal [New York, N.Y.] 22 May 1995, Eastern edition: A12. Wall Street Journal.
- ^'Project Management Case Studies'(PDF). Haas School of Business. University of California, Berkeley. 2003. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^'Readings for CSCI 3308 - Software Engineering Methods and Tools'. University of Colorado Boulder. March 16, 2001. Archived from the original on September 22, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^'Syllabus - SW Project Mgt - CSE5315 - 1998'. Archived from the original on February 20, 2003. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^'EM 501 Management of Organizations'. Washington State University. 2000. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams, HarperBusiness (1996) ISBN0-88730-858-9.
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