Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook

US: Harper Business, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The creator of Dilbert, the fastest-growing comic strip in America (syndica ted in more than 900 newspapers and read by more than 60 million people), p resents a hilariously biting compilation of cartoons that expose the absurd ities of corporate management. Dilbert is sweeping the nation. The San Fran cisco Chronicle dubbed him "the cartoon hero of the workplace," saying that the strip "has its finger on the pulse of the '90s white-collar workplace. " Now online, it is one of the hottest Web sites on the Internet, and more than a million copies of the Dilbert cartoon books have been sold. In this latest cartoon compilation, Dilbert's canine sidekick, the Machiave llian Dogbert, presents a breakthrough management manual to help bosses sti ck it to their employees. All too often, new managers make mistakes like re warding good work with good pay, communicating clearly and improving depart mental efficiency. Dogbert shows that this could have devastating results: Employees begin to expect fair treatment and compensation, productive worke rs show results (making the managers look bad by comparison) and the depart ment's future budget allotment could be decreased because it spends only wh at it needs. Drawn from years of experience tormenting Dilbert and advising his boss, Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook uses pithy essays, whose points are illustrated with hundreds of comic strips, to drive home the lost cause of the employee in the workplace. It is the perfect gift for bosses and off.