This brings together two totally incompatible concepts - joy and work
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Another book by Scott Adams all about the joy of work - yes, you heard it "THE JOY OF WORK". About 250 pages on work, and nothing but work - from managing your boss (in itself an admirable objective), through laughing at the expense of others (another excellent pastime), to managing your co-worker (just you try, and see what I do to you!). In this book we wander from one strategy to another - from withhold information (everyone knows this), through boss deletion (I like it!!!!), to the sublime joys of sarcasm (otherwise know as common sense). This book is so true it is positively alien (Is he watching us all the time? Where are the cameras installed? He must have an army of little-Dilbert's reviewing all the footage?). For example, how does he know that bosses don't read their emails, or that bosses need to feel that they have "helped", or that everyone dreams of strategy 14 - how to turn you boss into a mindless zombie slave (let's face it, bosses come pre-packed as mindless zombies, so just adding the slave bit should not be that difficult). I refuse to comment on the chapter entitled the joys of work (as a matter of principle), but the chapter on managing your co-workers is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of modern business practices. Cubicle flatulence offered a new avenue of investigation for me, but dealing with irrational co-workers added little to my arsenal of techniques. The section on how to harness the power of your own incompetence was an eye opener; I had never thought to approach the problem by re-defining the meaning of corporate efficiency.
A person who can write more about office pranks (44 pages) then about "surviving meetings" (6 pages) is a must for any self-respecting middle management wallah. A must read for 20% of all Europeans, and 99% of all Americans (of those that can read of course).
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so true
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scott adams has the pulse by the short and curles when it comes to office life and this book builds on the Dilbert principle very nicely indeed.
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Funny and Useful
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Not just funny and with a few cartoon strips thrown in, like all of Scott Adams books he actually manages to teach something about life as well by talking about the things he knows.
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funny but a bit harsh
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Although this is a very funny book, it lacks the warmth of 'The Dilbert Principle'; this book seems to concentrate more on 'how to get one over on your colleagues/ boss' whereas 'The Dilbert Principle' records staff-related idiocy in a slightly more benign way. I enjoyed the Office Pranks suggestions, although I felt they went a little too far - perhaps this is the 'dark side' of Dilbert ! Certainly there is plenty of genuinely useful information, and it is very very funny.
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Excellent insight but can be difficult to read
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Another marvellous offering from Scott Adams that has transformed my perception of hitherto dreary office life. Unfortunately the new style of this latest edition means that some of the longer cartoons can be a little difficult to read without some serious concentration.
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