Dilbert Principle, The: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fad [Paperback]

ANew York TimesBestseller

The creator ofDilbertobserves corporate America in all its glorious lunacy.

"The Dilbert Principle" is simple: In any given corporate space, the most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least amount of damage to the company's reputation, the product, or the bottom line: Management.

Scott Adams' career was spent illustrating this principle every day, lampooning the corporate world throughDilbert, his enormously popular comic strip. InDilbert, the potato-shaped, abuse-absorbing hero of the strip, Adams gave voice to the millions of Americans buffeted by the many adversities of the workplace.

InThe Dilbert Principle,he takes the next step, attacking corporate culture head-on in this lighthearted series of essays. Packed with more than 100 hilarious cartoons, these 25 chapters explore the zeitgeist of ever-changing management trends, overbearing egos, management incompetence, bottomless bureaucracies, petrifying performance reviews, three-hour-long meetings, the bewildering info superhighway, and more.

The Dilbert Principlefeatures

• Adams' trademark wit as he skewers the bizarre absurdities of everyday corporate life
• Dilbertstrips exclusive to the book throughout
• Hilarious essays on incompetent bosses, management fads, head-turning technological changes, and so much more
• Laugh-out-loud hilarity

The creator ofDilbert, 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 withDilbertstrips, these hilarious essays on incompetent bosses, management fads, bewildering technological changes and so much more, will make anyone who has ever worked in an office laugh out loud in recognition.