The creator of Dilbert, 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 with Dilbert strips, 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.

The Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage -- management.

Since 1989, Scott Adams has been illustrating this principle each day, lampooning the corporate world through Dilbert, his enormously popular comic strip. In Dilbert, the potato-shaped, abuse-absorbing hero of the strip, Adams has given voice to the millions of Americans buffeted by the many adversities of the workplace.

Now 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 meetings, the confusion of the information superhighway and more. With sharp eyes, and an even sharper wit, Adams exposes -- and skewers -- the bizarre absurdities of everyday corporate life. Readers will be convinced that he must be spying on their bosses, The Dilbert Principle rings so true!

史考特・亚当斯Scott Adams

纽约哈威学院经济学学士,加州大学柏克莱分校企管硕士。当了十七年的上班族,曾服务于科技和金融行业。他做过的银行出纳员（曾被人用枪指着头抢劫两次）、财务分析师、产品部经理及商业贷款负责人,薪水不高,经常受气。后来在太平洋贝尔公司,编号4S700R的小隔间度过九个年头。在离职前六年,他开始创作呆伯特漫画系列,他承认当时灵感主要得自于此高科技公司。

亚当斯是在网际网路发表漫画创作的第一人；每天会收到数百封郁卒上班族的来信,这些人提供亲身经历的办公室蠢事,成了他日后不虞匮乏的创作题材。亚当斯打破了企管书籍的沉闷味道,十七年上班生涯的体验是创造呆伯特的原动力,因此能深刻地反映现代职场的荒诞面,广受全球上班族的喜爱。

美国《新闻周刊》称亚当斯是网际网路上最有趣、最具有影响力的人物。管理大师麦可・韩墨称亚当斯是“二十世纪最杰出的商业思想家和观察家”,并认为“一幅呆伯特漫画所包含的真理,比商学院里一整书架的个案分析还要多。”

美国《时代》杂志曾把亚当斯和美国前国务卿奥尔・布赖特以及国际金融炒作高手乔治・索罗斯等人并列为最有影响力的美国人。

亚当斯是美国目前最红的漫画家兼作家,他所创作的呆伯特漫画,出现在全球近四十个国家、一千五百家报纸上,每日有一亿五千万读者争相阅读。呆伯特系列企管书和上班族漫画书,均高居畅销书排行榜之首。