false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171060353m/85574.jpg 85574 21 You loved the comic strip; now read the business advice. <P> Or should that be anti-business advice? Scott Adams provides the hapless victim of re-engineering, rightsizing and Total Quality Management some strategies for fighting back, er, coping. Forced to work long hours, with no hope of a raise? Adams offers tips on maintaining parity in compensation. Along the way, Adams explains what ISO 9000 really is and assesses the irresistibility of female engineers. <P> The breath-taking cynicism of the strip should prepare readers for the author's no-holds-barred attack on management fads, large organizations, pointless bureaucracy and sadistic rule-makers who glory in control of office supplies. Readers of the on-line Dilbert Newsletter are familiar with the kind of e-mail Adams receives from his readers -- and may even have sent a few of those missives themselves. Along with illustrative strips, e-mail messages provide excruciating examples of corporate behavior which compel the reader to agree with Adams when he insists that "People are idiots". <P> The final chapter offers a model for would-be successful businesses to follow: the OA5 model. It's introduced with little fanfare, no outrageous promises and just the right amount of self-deprecation. 296119 1996 The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions total:702|5:160|4:296|3:202|2:40|1:4| 702 2674 948 69 5 1 false false Sun Aug 26 16:29:40 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 16:37:39 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun May 18 17:05:45 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 17:16:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 04:06:48 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 04:17:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sat Aug 11 05:28:32 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 05:34:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 12:31:36 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:33:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 19:52:45 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 20:02:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 18:30:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 18:37:46 -0700 2009
Perfect to read while travelling.

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Se você acha as tirinhas do Dilbert engraçadas, saiba que os textos do autor (Scott Adams) são 10 vezes mais engraçados. O livro é tipo um Stand Up de 300 páginas, genial desde o prefácio.

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