by Scott Adams
First published 1996
Dogbert exposes the manipulative tactics that drive modern corporate culture. Scott Adams channels his cynical canine character to reveal how managers exploit pointless meetings, orchestrate strategic layoffs, and climb the corporate ladder through calculated deception. Dogbert teaches readers to manipulate colleagues, eliminate competition, and accumulate power within office hierarchies. The handbook presents workplace survival as a game of psychological warfare where the most ruthless players win. Adams uses Dogbert's amoral perspective to satirize management culture while providing darkly comic insights into office politics. This twisted guide offers readers a cynical education in corporate manipulation disguised as business advice.
Genres: satire, humor, business, workplace
Vibes: dark, satirical, thought-provoking
Tropes: cynical-protagonist, dark-comedy, manipulation
176 pages · Hardcover · Harper Business