Office Monsters: A survival guide to corporate madness

by Martin J. Eppler

Beware – Monsters at Work is not your typical management guide—it's gooey, graphic, and downright monstrous. Ever been ambushed by the Yes Yeti or cornered at the coffee machine by an Energy Draining Dracula? Learn how to slay it at work by facing the monsters within and around you. A laugh-out-loud guide to mastering the most monstrous of management challenges.

Aimed at leaders, managers, and anyone seeking improvement in their work lives, the book is structured into three monsters lurking within us, those pretending to be our colleagues, and the omnipresent bureaucracy beasts. Delight in meeting the overpowering Yes Yeti or the mischievous Time Trolls. Learn how to fend off the Draining Dracula or the Multitask Medusa and dare to kill the Strategy Chimera or the Project Zombie.

By the end, you'll be equipped with a practical manual to help you discover and address your very own professional monsters, turning your work villains into allies and finding ways to subdue even the mightiest beasts of bureaucracy and corporate life.

176 pages, Paperback

Published February 7, 2025

About the author

Martin J. Eppler is a Swiss communication and management scholar, Professor of Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen, and director of its Institute for Media and Communication Management, known for his contributions in the field of knowledge management, specifically information overload[1] and Information Quality Management, Collaboration, and Knowledge Visualization.